Sadly, Linux and iTunes does not get along very well.  I wasted 2 days trying to deal with my son's iPod in Linux and finally gave up and used a dual boot box that had Windows.  I tried all the solutions I found on Google and none of them were effective.  Folks say you can get iTunes running under WINE but I did not succeed.  I was able to use Clementine to load music on the iPod but when I unplugged it - it just reset itself to empty.  
All of my computers are dual boot with Win 7 as there are a few things that only Windows can do...
	
	
	
	
All of my computers are dual boot with Win 7 as there are a few things that only Windows can do...

 
 

