IPod charges, does not mount w/Firewire to Mac, iTunes 7

Suddenly I have a situation wince iTunes 7 where I can charge my iPod, but it no longer appears on my desktop or within iTunes. Disk Utility doesn't recognize the iPod at all. The iPod never shows the "Do Not Disconnect" message.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I'm running 10.4.8 on a Powerbook G4 1.5GHz, plenty of RAM.

I have read elsewhere that the latest iPod only works with USB. Apparently the firewire to dock cable can only be used for charging.
Really annoying for me, as I have spare firewire ports but my USB hub is full (and don't get me started on the problems I've had trying to get a USB 2.0 PCI card to work in my G5).
Shame really, considering the original iPods were Firewire only, then they added USB support for Windows users, and now they've completely given up on firewire...

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