IPhone not syncing with iTunes

I check all the correct boxes in itunes on my lap top when my iPhone is connected, the capacity bar shows the extent of the data to be synced including about 20G's of audio, but when the sync is completed the capacity bar in iTunes shows no memory used for audio and there is no music on my iPhone. I've rebooted both my laptop and iPhone yet I keep getting the same results.

I have the 2003 17" iMac (flat panel on a moveable chrome arm, round base; aka "iLamp"). I sync my iPhone to it on a regular basis. USB1.1 is a lot slower than USB2 but, in general, it works.
I have run into some quirks that seem to be USB-related. For some reason, when the Keyboard/Mouse and iPhone are each connected directly to the back of the iMac, the iMac thinks the iPhone is connected through the Keyboard. I solved this by moving the Keyboard/Mouse to a USB hub (at <$20, much cheaper than a new Mac). iTunes does not like to (a) auto-sync when the iPhone is docked and further (b) be open before the iPhone is docked. I've turned off auto-sync in the iPhone's Summary tab in iTunes and always dock the iPhone before launching iTunes. If I have pictures on the iPhone that have not been synced to iPhoto yet, iPhoto will launch when the iPhone is docked. Sometimes, iTunes won't find the iPhone or will error out when there are un-synchronized photos.
Overall, I'm satisfied with using the iLamp and an iPhone. Enough so that it is tiding me over until I decide when to buy a new MBP or MB.
HTH
QS

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