External USB: hard disk and ipod aren't showing up on the desktop or /media/blah  Same with a dvd
$ rpm -qa hal\*
hal-cups-utils-0.6.5-1.fc7
hal-0.5.9-0.git20070218.fc7
hal-0.5.9-0.git20070218.fc7


]# dmesg |grep DV
scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            _NEC     DV-5800A         1.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM            _NEC     DVD_RW ND-3500AG 2.16 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

[root@localhost ~]# dmesg |grep -i ipod
 sdd:<5>scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.53 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0

This is interesting, tailing the logs and plugged my external drive back in.

Feb 25 13:30:13 echelon kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdd
Feb 25 13:30:13 echelon kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0

Wasn't the ipod "sdd" ?

$ dmesg |grep -i ipod
 sdd:<5>scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.53 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0