Is iTunes supposed to launch autatically?

Hi
When I plug iPhone into USB on G4 ibook iTunes does not launch automatically. Is it supposed to? It does with my other iPods. When I launch of manually my phone shows without a problem and everything works fine.
Thanks

When you have the iPod connected, in iTUnes, go to the summary screen for the iPod. There will be a box to check next to open iTunes when this iPod is connected.

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