--- gnupod-0.99.8/src/ext/SysInfo.pm	2009-07-11 01:20:05.000000000 +0200
+++ gnupod-0.99.8_local/src/ext/SysInfo.pm	2015-06-21 19:41:07.328485544 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 	my($ref) = @_;
 	
 	my $found = undef;
+	my $ipod_found = undef;
 	opendir(BLOCKDIR, "/sys/block") or return undef;
 	while (my $dirent = readdir(BLOCKDIR)) {
 		next if $dirent eq '.'; next if $dirent eq '..';
@@ -100,6 +101,12 @@
 			if($_ =~ /^ID_SERIAL=Apple_iPod_([A-Za-z0-9]{16})/) {
 				$found = $1;
 			}
+			if($_ =~ /^ID_MEDIA_PLAYER=apple_ipod/) {
+				$ipod_found = 1;
+			}
+			if($_ =~ /^ID_SERIAL_SHORT=([A-Za-z0-9]{16})/ && $ipod_found) {
+				$found = $1;
+			}
 			last if $found;
 		}
 		close(UDEV);