[SOLVED] Problem mounting iPod

Hi guys,
I'm trying to mount an iPod Nano, but it's not being recognized. I use to plug many flash drives on my computer and all of them get automounted. When I plug the iPod, lsusb recognizes it, but it does not get automounted, and no device at /dev for the iPod is available either. These are the outputs I have.
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:183b Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC8 [R5U870]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 020: ID 05ac:120a Apple, Inc. iPod Nano
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
dmesg
usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 20
usb 2-3: USB disconnect, address 20
usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 21
cat /var/log/messages.log
usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 21
fdisk -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 208844 104422 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 208845 738989 265072+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 738990 133869644 66565327+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 133869645 312576704 89353530 83 Linux
I just can't mount it. All my /dev/sda[#] are my hard disk partitions.
Any help?
Thanks.
Last edited by flaviofaria (2010-07-26 13:44:32)

is the ipod in fat32 format????
or in mac format ?
did you install gtkpod???
or are you using the ipod as a usb thumb drive ?
do you have "autofs " installed ?
have you read the ipod wiki page ?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ipod
Last edited by JohnVV (2010-07-26 01:12:35)

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