I know, iFuse didn’t work in Karmic Koala. I don’t really use much the iPod now, so I really didn’t need it working in Linux, but I found the way to do it.
First of all, thanks to this thread because it made me find the problem and the way to repair it. The code in the forum was almost right. The second line had an error, that was because you couldn’t get iPod Touches/iPhones working (at least in the latest versions of iFuse).
Now, let’s see how to mount the iPod Touch/iPhone over USB in Karmic Koala with iFuse.
1. If you don’t have iFuse read this post, it explains you how to install it in different versions of Ubuntu and it gives a link to the page of the project, so if you use other distro you won’t have problems 
2. After getting iFuse installed in your computer you’ll connect your iPod Touch/iPhone as always and you won’t get it mounted, what’s the problem? It’s very simple, there’s not a mounting point for your device! The solution is very easy. This is the code you must insert in your terminal:
sudo mkdir /media/iPod
sudo ifuse mount /media/iPod
Depending of your version, if the second line gives you an error, try instead:
sudo ifuse /media/iPod
* Note: You can use the name you want, I’ve done it with iPod, but you can put whatever.
That’s it! The first one creates a folder iPod inside media and the second one tells ifuse where it has to mount your device!
Having problems? I don’t know if this work with all the firmwares of your iPod Touch/iPhone. I can assure that the 3.0 version of iPhone OS works perfectly and the previous ones I think that also work. However, I can’t assure you if this will work in new versions of iPhone OS (although I think it will work, don’t worry). If you have one of the newest, just try it and tell me in the comments if it works!
If after all of this you can’t mount your iPod Touch or iPhone, leave a comment explaining the problem and I will try to help you, and also consider (as the worse option) emulating Windows XP with VirtualBox.
Note #1: I think that each time you plug in your iPod Touch or iPhone you have to mount it manually, it’s easy, just type:
sudo ifuse mount /media/iPod
(If this line fails, again, use sudo ifuse /media/iPod instead)
Changing /media/iPod if you want by the folder where you want to mount it. If you want to unplug it, just do it, and if you want to unmount it, you also have to do it manually, because if you do right click at least my pc gives me an error of permissions, so if you want to unmount it, it’s also very simple:
sudo umount /media/iPod
If someone knows how to do this faster… I think that with nautilus-actions it would not be difficult to implement a graphical way, I have to check it, if I find a way I’ll tell you.
Note #2: Terminal in Linux is interesting. I’m learning how to do programs for that, if I know more I’ll do one to auto mount and auto unmount the iPod Touch /iPhone. Meanwhile, you can do this:
0. I’ll do with the folder /media/iPod, use the one you want, but first create it if you don’t have it yet with:
sudo mkdir media/iPod
1. Create a launcher in the menu and select “application in terminal”. Call it Mount iPod Touch or whatever, and in command insert:
sudo ifuse mount media/iPod
And if this line fails, use this instead:
sudo ifuse media/iPod
2. Create another launcher in the menu, select “application in terminal” and call it Unmount iPod Touch if you want. Then add in command this line:
sudo umount /media/iPod
Optional: Put this icon, (do it by dragging the image) it’s really cool. If you use Gnome-Do as me, it’s very fast and useful as you can press super+space and write mount ipod and enter and your iPod will be mounted, and type unmount ipod an your iPod will be unmounted!
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