You say that dmesg | grep sd returns no info?

Hmmm.

With you camera plugged in an turned on open a console and type:

cat /proc/scsi/scsi

If scsi support is enabled your camera should show up.

This is how mine looks:

Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: Fujifilm Model: FinePix 1400Zoom Rev: 1000
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Check it out. Let us know.

sakiZ