I try to use gtkpod and it gives a "permission denied" sort of error when I try to sync it. It will read, play, and copy tracks to filesystem, but not sync. I tried 777ing the whole ipod, but that didn't help a lot. I can manipulate files on the ipod just fine, so I don't think it is a permission problem, but hey, who knows.

Here is the relevant fstab line:
/dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat user,auto 0 0

and the relevant group line
storage:x:95:sameer,hal

If you need anything else, let me know. I'm a little tired of the same old music for the last two weeks.