[SOLVED] iPod doesn't appear in /dev/ when plugged in

I've been trying to get my iPod touch to work, but I can't even find it inside /dev/. I'm supposed to be able to mount it manually if I see it as /dev/sdx# but I only see my hard drive's devices.
I know it is recognized by the system,
when I try lsusb, I get this line (among others):
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 05ac:1299 Apple, Inc.
also, with usb-devices I get the following:
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 10 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 3
P: Vendor=05ac ProdID=1299 Rev=00.01
S: Manufacturer=Apple Inc.
S: Product=iPod
S: SerialNumber=2b032b9c4f73f37786c4fb2cf3a0e15bc75a0331
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=06(still) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
I don't know if the <<Driver=(none)>> part is normal here, I can mount/automount whatever other usb devices, like usb flash, or external hdd's, but not the iPod.
Any help would be very much appreciated
Last edited by KBM (2010-07-10 06:29:06)

hey guys. I know this thread was "solved", but it didn't solve my problems.
I also got my ipod touch mounted using ifuse and was able to use gtkpod to transfer my files. However, since all of my files ended in .mp3, and the ipod didn't strip the extensions off, I decided to clear them from the ipod and start again.
In the middle of a sync I forgot about it, unplugged the ipod, and now ifuse gives me the message:
No device found, is it connected?
If it is make sure that your user has permissions to access the raw usb device.
If you're still having issues try unplugging the device and reconnecting it.
whenever I try to mount it.
I did the view-the-log thing, and when I plug it in I get this:
Oct 11 08:00:10 localhost usbmuxd[22304]: [2] Could not open device 1-4: -3
So it seems to be a problem with usbmuxd. Any ideas guys?
One more thing, I think I may have accidentally deleted some files from the ipod ("HashTable" comes to mind...), but I did a software update. Would that rebuild the filesystem?
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