Ipod + mac minis + ibook = trouble, right here in river city

I have a 2nd generation ipod. I use it for music and file storage. The ipod moves between 3 different mac mini's and one ibook. The mini's all run OS 10.4.11 and the ibook is operating with 10.2.8.
I haven't had any problems with anything until this very morning.
The ipod is NOT showing up on my desktop or in iTunes on the ibook. It is showing up in the Apple System profiler.
I have not updated anything, changed any settings, connected it to a PC or even listened to the ipod.
It seemingly just doesn't want to talk to the ibook.
Can anyone help? I've looked at the other threads on related issues, but nothing seemed to help.
Thanks,
Sara

Just as I thought. Thank you.

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