I also got an ipod I wanted to setup on linux and it was working fine after i ran:
modprobe ieee1394
modprobe ohci1394
modprobe sbp2
Then I installed gtkpod through kpackage.
Then I had to reboot twice for it to detect my ipod (for some reason unknown).
After it was detected to mount the drive use 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod'.
To unmount the ipod (you must do this everytime you use your ipod in order to disconnect it correctly).
Use 'umount /mnt/ipod' then 'rmmod sbp2'
