[DocHolliday2006]

I have an Ipod shuffle (2nd generation). It's plugged into the cradle and charging. In computer, I see "apple Ipod Music Player", but when I go to hit mount, it says, "unable to mount media. There is probably no media in the drive.

What can I do to get it to mount?

Thanks.

[briealeida]

Look here.

iPod and Linux takes a little work but it's definitely doable.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104273


If you're using Ubuntu, this is the place to be: http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-use-an-ipod-with-ubuntu

[redbeardmcg]

Check to make sure you have libipod installed... the name for this package in the package manager may be different in each distribution.

Also, this may be a problem with hal/dbus permissions. Check your /etc/groups file to make sure your user is in the plugdev group. If not, you can add the user like this:

usermod -G plugdev username

Again, YMMV