Songbird doesn't eject iPod Nano

I just finished setting up Songbird for my father and there's a major problem with syncing his current-gen iPod Nano. He clicks the eject button and nothing happens.
He's not very computer literate so the less things he has to do the better. As it is, he has to plug in his iPod, sync it, then head over to Nautilus and hit eject there. This doesn't really work for him so I'd really like it if Songbird would eject the iPod itself.
Is there a way to have Songbird execute a script to eject the iPod (as a stop-gap measure)?