Ipod Nano not recharging

Ok, I can get my nano to work with banshee, ie uploading and downloading music more than a couple of times. but for some reason I can't get my ipod to charge on my ubuntu machine, I have to use one of Bills machines. In Terminal I ran mount and lsusb and this is what I got:
hilmar@hilmar-laptop:~$ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/hilmar/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=hilmar)
/dev/sdb on /media/HILMAR'S IP type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
/dev/sdc on /media/HILMAR'S IP_ type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
hilmar@hilmar-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 05ac:1301 Apple Computer, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00e3 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

So I don't think it is a USB 2.0 issue, any suggestions? Thank you all out there who contribute to an Ubuntu world.