WARNING: THIS WILL ONLY WORK IN ULTIMATE EDITION 2.4 OR HIGHER.
Updated for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), Ultimate Edition 2.6, Ultimate Edition 2.6 Gamers and Ultimate Edition 2.7
1. Be sure that your iPod is not plugged to your computer.
2. Open a Terminal and add this repository by entering this command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmcenery/ppa
3. Update your System with the command
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
4. Open Synaptic and install ALL packages out of this repo EXCEPT:
libgpod4-nogtk libgpod-nogtk-dev
slimrat and xmltv are not necessary. You can install them, if you want.
5. Add you to the fuse group with the command
sudo adduser $USER fuse
6. Edit the /etc/fuse.conf You must delete the "#" in the line "#user_allow_other". Now save it.
7. Reboot your computer
8. Now connect your iPod to your computer. First it will say, that your iPod is a digital camera, but a few seconds Later it will say, that it is your Ipod.
Now you can sync your iPod with Rhythmbox. Amarok requires a mountpoint. If you want to use Amarok (1.4) for syncing, you must create a mountpoint directory and mount your ipod in this.
sudo mkdir /media/ipod/
sudo ifuse /media/ipod/
Start Amarok, go to settings, add a new media Player, select iPod and use /media/ipod/ as mountpoint.
After syncing with Amarok you must unmount your iPod
sudo umount /media/ipod/