ubuntu studio 64: can't get camcorder recognized to extract miniDV onto computer

[JesseDaniel]

Hello,

I have recently made the transition to linux (ubuntu studio actually installed when ubuntu and mint would not). Overall, I have been excited and pleased with the results, with much of my computer functioning much better than when it was running windows.

I am currently making a documentary, and have recorded footage onto minidv tape. (Since I cannot afford overpriced adobe software, I made the switch to linux to ensure an ethically sound project from beginning to end).

unfortunately, any program I try I cannot get the camcorder recognized/connected through firewire.

when I connect the camera, kdenlive insists it is not connected.

I am currently using a budget canon ZR930 with a belkin firewire cable,
with a computer system including:

ubuntustudio 8.10 64bit
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
1920 Megabytes Installed Memory on
Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. M2NPV-VM 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor
ViewSonic VX2235wm-3 [Monitor] (22.0"vis, s/n QCZ0642A2754, October 2006) --connected digitally

ATI Unified AVStream Driver
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio



I would greatly appreciate any and all help to solve a problem that is no doubt simple for many, but one that I have no clear idea how to fix.

Many thanks,

[nlz]

welcome to the club. What you could do to see if the computer actually 'sees' anything is checking if the device shows up in /dev. So open a terminal (Applications > accessories > terminal)
type: cd /dev
ls

then connect the camcorder, switch it on and do it again so you see if your computer sees something.

Post your findings here, and we'll help you further.

[JesseDaniel]

Thank you for your reply:

the two readouts I get from the terminal are as follows:

adsp ptyd2 ptyt8 ptyze tty55 ttyp9 ttyvb

audio ptyd3 ptyt9 ptyzf tty56 ttypa ttyvc

block ptyd4 ptyta ram0 tty57 ttypb ttyvd

bus ptyd5 ptytb ram1 tty58 ttypc ttyve

cdrom ptyd6 ptytc ram10 tty59 ttypd ttyvf

cdrw ptyd7 ptytd ram11 tty6 ttype ttyw0

char ptyd8 ptyte ram12 tty60 ttypf ttyw1

console ptyd9 ptytf ram13 tty61 ttyq0 ttyw2

core ptyda ptyu0 ram14 tty62 ttyq1 ttyw3

cpu_dma_latency ptydb ptyu1 ram15 tty63 ttyq2 ttyw4

disk ptydc ptyu2 ram2 tty7 ttyq3 ttyw5

dsp ptydd ptyu3 ram3 tty8 ttyq4 ttyw6

dv1394 ptyde ptyu4 ram4 tty9 ttyq5 ttyw7

dvd ptydf ptyu5 ram5 ttya0 ttyq6 ttyw8

dvdrw ptye0 ptyu6 ram6 ttya1 ttyq7 ttyw9

fd ptye1 ptyu7 ram7 ttya2 ttyq8 ttywa

full ptye2 ptyu8 ram8 ttya3 ttyq9 ttywb

fuse ptye3 ptyu9 ram9 ttya4 ttyqa ttywc

hidraw0 ptye4 ptyua random ttya5 ttyqb ttywd

hidraw1 ptye5 ptyub raw1394 ttya6 ttyqc ttywe

hpet ptye6 ptyuc rtc ttya7 ttyqd ttywf

initctl ptye7 ptyud rtc0 ttya8 ttyqe ttyx0

input ptye8 ptyue scd0 ttya9 ttyqf ttyx1

kmem ptye9 ptyuf sda ttyaa ttyr0 ttyx2

kmsg ptyea ptyv0 sda1 ttyab ttyr1 ttyx3

log ptyeb ptyv1 sda2 ttyac ttyr2 ttyx4

loop0 ptyec ptyv2 sda5 ttyad ttyr3 ttyx5

loop1 ptyed ptyv3 sdb ttyae ttyr4 ttyx6

loop2 ptyee ptyv4 sdb1 ttyaf ttyr5 ttyx7

loop3 ptyef ptyv5 sdc ttyb0 ttyr6 ttyx8

loop4 ptyp0 ptyv6 sdd ttyb1 ttyr7 ttyx9

loop5 ptyp1 ptyv7 sde ttyb2 ttyr8 ttyxa

loop6 ptyp2 ptyv8 sdf ttyb3 ttyr9 ttyxb

loop7 ptyp3 ptyv9 sequencer ttyb4 ttyra ttyxc

lp0 ptyp4 ptyva sequencer2 ttyb5 ttyrb ttyxd

MAKEDEV ptyp5 ptyvb sg0 ttyb6 ttyrc ttyxe

mcelog ptyp6 ptyvc sg1 ttyb7 ttyrd ttyxf

mem ptyp7 ptyvd sg2 ttyb8 ttyre ttyy0

mixer ptyp8 ptyve sg3 ttyb9 ttyrf ttyy1

net ptyp9 ptyvf sg4 ttyba ttyS0 ttyy2

network_latency ptypa ptyw0 sg5 ttybb ttys0 ttyy3

network_throughput ptypb ptyw1 sg6 ttybc ttyS1 ttyy4

null ptypc ptyw2 shm ttybd ttys1 ttyy5

nvidia0 ptypd ptyw3 snapshot ttybe ttyS2 ttyy6

nvidiactl ptype ptyw4 snd ttybf ttys2 ttyy7

oldmem ptypf ptyw5 sndstat ttyc0 ttyS3 ttyy8

parport0 ptyq0 ptyw6 sr0 ttyc1 ttys3 ttyy9

port ptyq1 ptyw7 stderr ttyc2 ttys4 ttyya

ppp ptyq2 ptyw8 stdin ttyc3 ttys5 ttyyb

psaux ptyq3 ptyw9 stdout ttyc4 ttys6 ttyyc

ptmx ptyq4 ptywa tty ttyc5 ttys7 ttyyd

pts ptyq5 ptywb tty0 ttyc6 ttys8 ttyye

ptya0 ptyq6 ptywc tty1 ttyc7 ttys9 ttyyf

ptya1 ptyq7 ptywd tty10 ttyc8 ttysa ttyz0

ptya2 ptyq8 ptywe tty11 ttyc9 ttysb ttyz1

ptya3 ptyq9 ptywf tty12 ttyca ttysc ttyz2

ptya4 ptyqa ptyx0 tty13 ttycb ttysd ttyz3

ptya5 ptyqb ptyx1 tty14 ttycc ttyse ttyz4

ptya6 ptyqc ptyx2 tty15 ttycd ttysf ttyz5

ptya7 ptyqd ptyx3 tty16 ttyce ttyt0 ttyz6

ptya8 ptyqe ptyx4 tty17 ttycf ttyt1 ttyz7

ptya9 ptyqf ptyx5 tty18 ttyd0 ttyt2 ttyz8

ptyaa ptyr0 ptyx6 tty19 ttyd1 ttyt3 ttyz9

ptyab ptyr1 ptyx7 tty2 ttyd2 ttyt4 ttyza

ptyac ptyr2 ptyx8 tty20 ttyd3 ttyt5 ttyzb

ptyad ptyr3 ptyx9 tty21 ttyd4 ttyt6 ttyzc

ptyae ptyr4 ptyxa tty22 ttyd5 ttyt7 ttyzd

ptyaf ptyr5 ptyxb tty23 ttyd6 ttyt8 ttyze

ptyb0 ptyr6 ptyxc tty24 ttyd7 ttyt9 ttyzf

ptyb1 ptyr7 ptyxd tty25 ttyd8 ttyta urandom

ptyb2 ptyr8 ptyxe tty26 ttyd9 ttytb usbdev1.1_ep00

ptyb3 ptyr9 ptyxf tty27 ttyda ttytc usbdev1.1_ep81

ptyb4 ptyra ptyy0 tty28 ttydb ttytd usbdev1.3_ep00

ptyb5 ptyrb ptyy1 tty29 ttydc ttyte usbdev1.3_ep81

ptyb6 ptyrc ptyy2 tty3 ttydd ttytf usbdev1.3_ep82

ptyb7 ptyrd ptyy3 tty30 ttyde ttyu0 usbdev1.4_ep00

ptyb8 ptyre ptyy4 tty31 ttydf ttyu1 usbdev1.4_ep81

ptyb9 ptyrf ptyy5 tty32 ttye0 ttyu2 usbdev2.1_ep00

ptyba ptys0 ptyy6 tty33 ttye1 ttyu3 usbdev2.1_ep81

ptybb ptys1 ptyy7 tty34 ttye2 ttyu4 usbdev2.4_ep00

ptybc ptys2 ptyy8 tty35 ttye3 ttyu5 usbdev2.4_ep01

ptybd ptys3 ptyy9 tty36 ttye4 ttyu6
usbdev2.4_ep82

ptybe ptys4 ptyya tty37 ttye5 ttyu7 vcs

ptybf ptys5 ptyyb tty38 ttye6 ttyu8 vcs1

ptyc0 ptys6 ptyyc tty39 ttye7 ttyu9 vcs2

ptyc1 ptys7 ptyyd tty4 ttye8 ttyua vcs3

ptyc2 ptys8 ptyye tty40 ttye9 ttyub vcs4

ptyc3 ptys9 ptyyf tty41 ttyea ttyuc vcs5

ptyc4 ptysa ptyz0 tty42 ttyeb ttyud vcs6

ptyc5 ptysb ptyz1 tty43 ttyec ttyue vcs7

ptyc6 ptysc ptyz2 tty44 ttyed ttyuf vcs8

ptyc7 ptysd ptyz3 tty45 ttyee ttyv0 vcsa

ptyc8 ptyse ptyz4 tty46 ttyef ttyv1 vcsa1

ptyc9 ptysf ptyz5 tty47 ttyp0 ttyv2 vcsa2

ptyca ptyt0 ptyz6 tty48 ttyp1 ttyv3 vcsa3

ptycb ptyt1 ptyz7 tty49 ttyp2 ttyv4 vcsa4

ptycc ptyt2 ptyz8 tty5 ttyp3 ttyv5 vcsa5

ptycd ptyt3 ptyz9 tty50 ttyp4 ttyv6 vcsa6

ptyce ptyt4 ptyza tty51 ttyp5 ttyv7 vcsa7

ptycf ptyt5 ptyzb tty52 ttyp6 ttyv8 vcsa8

ptyd0 ptyt6 ptyzc tty53 ttyp7 ttyv9 xconsole

ptyd1 ptyt7 ptyzd tty54 ttyp8 ttyva zero



and typing in 'ls' a second time yields:

adsp ptyd2 ptyt8 ptyze tty55 ttyp9 ttyvb
audio ptyd3 ptyt9 ptyzf tty56 ttypa ttyvc
block ptyd4 ptyta ram0 tty57 ttypb ttyvd
bus ptyd5 ptytb ram1 tty58 ttypc ttyve
cdrom ptyd6 ptytc ram10 tty59 ttypd ttyvf
cdrw ptyd7 ptytd ram11 tty6 ttype ttyw0
char ptyd8 ptyte ram12 tty60 ttypf ttyw1
console ptyd9 ptytf ram13 tty61 ttyq0 ttyw2
core ptyda ptyu0 ram14 tty62 ttyq1 ttyw3
cpu_dma_latency ptydb ptyu1 ram15 tty63 ttyq2 ttyw4
disk ptydc ptyu2 ram2 tty7 ttyq3 ttyw5
dsp ptydd ptyu3 ram3 tty8 ttyq4 ttyw6
dv1394 ptyde ptyu4 ram4 tty9 ttyq5 ttyw7
dvd ptydf ptyu5 ram5 ttya0 ttyq6 ttyw8
dvdrw ptye0 ptyu6 ram6 ttya1 ttyq7 ttyw9
fd ptye1 ptyu7 ram7 ttya2 ttyq8 ttywa
full ptye2 ptyu8 ram8 ttya3 ttyq9 ttywb
fuse ptye3 ptyu9 ram9 ttya4 ttyqa ttywc
hidraw0 ptye4 ptyua random ttya5 ttyqb ttywd
hidraw1 ptye5 ptyub raw1394 ttya6 ttyqc ttywe
hpet ptye6 ptyuc rtc ttya7 ttyqd ttywf
initctl ptye7 ptyud rtc0 ttya8 ttyqe ttyx0
input ptye8 ptyue scd0 ttya9 ttyqf ttyx1
kmem ptye9 ptyuf sda ttyaa ttyr0 ttyx2
kmsg ptyea ptyv0 sda1 ttyab ttyr1 ttyx3
log ptyeb ptyv1 sda2 ttyac ttyr2 ttyx4
loop0 ptyec ptyv2 sda5 ttyad ttyr3 ttyx5
loop1 ptyed ptyv3 sdb ttyae ttyr4 ttyx6
loop2 ptyee ptyv4 sdb1 ttyaf ttyr5 ttyx7
loop3 ptyef ptyv5 sdc ttyb0 ttyr6 ttyx8
loop4 ptyp0 ptyv6 sdd ttyb1 ttyr7 ttyx9
loop5 ptyp1 ptyv7 sde ttyb2 ttyr8 ttyxa
loop6 ptyp2 ptyv8 sdf ttyb3 ttyr9 ttyxb
loop7 ptyp3 ptyv9 sequencer ttyb4 ttyra ttyxc
lp0 ptyp4 ptyva sequencer2 ttyb5 ttyrb ttyxd
MAKEDEV ptyp5 ptyvb sg0 ttyb6 ttyrc ttyxe
mcelog ptyp6 ptyvc sg1 ttyb7 ttyrd ttyxf
mem ptyp7 ptyvd sg2 ttyb8 ttyre ttyy0
mixer ptyp8 ptyve sg3 ttyb9 ttyrf ttyy1
net ptyp9 ptyvf sg4 ttyba ttyS0 ttyy2
network_latency ptypa ptyw0 sg5 ttybb ttys0 ttyy3
network_throughput ptypb ptyw1 sg6 ttybc ttyS1 ttyy4
null ptypc ptyw2 shm ttybd ttys1 ttyy5
nvidia0 ptypd ptyw3 snapshot ttybe ttyS2 ttyy6
nvidiactl ptype ptyw4 snd ttybf ttys2 ttyy7
oldmem ptypf ptyw5 sndstat ttyc0 ttyS3 ttyy8
parport0 ptyq0 ptyw6 sr0 ttyc1 ttys3 ttyy9
port ptyq1 ptyw7 stderr ttyc2 ttys4 ttyya
ppp ptyq2 ptyw8 stdin ttyc3 ttys5 ttyyb
psaux ptyq3 ptyw9 stdout ttyc4 ttys6 ttyyc
ptmx ptyq4 ptywa tty ttyc5 ttys7 ttyyd
pts ptyq5 ptywb tty0 ttyc6 ttys8 ttyye
ptya0 ptyq6 ptywc tty1 ttyc7 ttys9 ttyyf
ptya1 ptyq7 ptywd tty10 ttyc8 ttysa ttyz0
ptya2 ptyq8 ptywe tty11 ttyc9 ttysb ttyz1
ptya3 ptyq9 ptywf tty12 ttyca ttysc ttyz2
ptya4 ptyqa ptyx0 tty13 ttycb ttysd ttyz3
ptya5 ptyqb ptyx1 tty14 ttycc ttyse ttyz4
ptya6 ptyqc ptyx2 tty15 ttycd ttysf ttyz5
ptya7 ptyqd ptyx3 tty16 ttyce ttyt0 ttyz6
ptya8 ptyqe ptyx4 tty17 ttycf ttyt1 ttyz7
ptya9 ptyqf ptyx5 tty18 ttyd0 ttyt2 ttyz8
ptyaa ptyr0 ptyx6 tty19 ttyd1 ttyt3 ttyz9
ptyab ptyr1 ptyx7 tty2 ttyd2 ttyt4 ttyza
ptyac ptyr2 ptyx8 tty20 ttyd3 ttyt5 ttyzb
ptyad ptyr3 ptyx9 tty21 ttyd4 ttyt6 ttyzc
ptyae ptyr4 ptyxa tty22 ttyd5 ttyt7 ttyzd
ptyaf ptyr5 ptyxb tty23 ttyd6 ttyt8 ttyze
ptyb0 ptyr6 ptyxc tty24 ttyd7 ttyt9 ttyzf
ptyb1 ptyr7 ptyxd tty25 ttyd8 ttyta urandom
ptyb2 ptyr8 ptyxe tty26 ttyd9 ttytb usbdev1.1_ep00
ptyb3 ptyr9 ptyxf tty27 ttyda ttytc usbdev1.1_ep81
ptyb4 ptyra ptyy0 tty28 ttydb ttytd usbdev1.3_ep00
ptyb5 ptyrb ptyy1 tty29 ttydc ttyte usbdev1.3_ep81
ptyb6 ptyrc ptyy2 tty3 ttydd ttytf usbdev1.3_ep82
ptyb7 ptyrd ptyy3 tty30 ttyde ttyu0 usbdev1.4_ep00
ptyb8 ptyre ptyy4 tty31 ttydf ttyu1 usbdev1.4_ep81
ptyb9 ptyrf ptyy5 tty32 ttye0 ttyu2 usbdev2.1_ep00
ptyba ptys0 ptyy6 tty33 ttye1 ttyu3 usbdev2.1_ep81
ptybb ptys1 ptyy7 tty34 ttye2 ttyu4 usbdev2.4_ep00
ptybc ptys2 ptyy8 tty35 ttye3 ttyu5 usbdev2.4_ep01
ptybd ptys3 ptyy9 tty36 ttye4 ttyu6 usbdev2.4_ep82
ptybe ptys4 ptyya tty37 ttye5 ttyu7 vcs
ptybf ptys5 ptyyb tty38 ttye6 ttyu8 vcs1
ptyc0 ptys6 ptyyc tty39 ttye7 ttyu9 vcs2
ptyc1 ptys7 ptyyd tty4 ttye8 ttyua vcs3
ptyc2 ptys8 ptyye tty40 ttye9 ttyub vcs4
ptyc3 ptys9 ptyyf tty41 ttyea ttyuc vcs5
ptyc4 ptysa ptyz0 tty42 ttyeb ttyud vcs6
ptyc5 ptysb ptyz1 tty43 ttyec ttyue vcs7
ptyc6 ptysc ptyz2 tty44 ttyed ttyuf vcs8
ptyc7 ptysd ptyz3 tty45 ttyee ttyv0 vcsa
ptyc8 ptyse ptyz4 tty46 ttyef ttyv1 vcsa1
ptyc9 ptysf ptyz5 tty47 ttyp0 ttyv2 vcsa2
ptyca ptyt0 ptyz6 tty48 ttyp1 ttyv3 vcsa3
ptycb ptyt1 ptyz7 tty49 ttyp2 ttyv4 vcsa4
ptycc ptyt2 ptyz8 tty5 ttyp3 ttyv5 vcsa5
ptycd ptyt3 ptyz9 tty50 ttyp4 ttyv6 vcsa6
ptyce ptyt4 ptyza tty51 ttyp5 ttyv7 vcsa7
ptycf ptyt5 ptyzb tty52 ttyp6 ttyv8 vcsa8
ptyd0 ptyt6 ptyzc tty53 ttyp7 ttyv9 xconsole
ptyd1 ptyt7 ptyzd tty54 ttyp8 ttyva zero


thank you again,

Jesse

[JesseDaniel]

(apologies for the poor formatting)

[nlz]

aha there are quite some disk drives present, one of them could be your camera. (Although it would be good if someone would advise who has experience with camera's on ubuntu.)

The disk drives are:
sda1
sda2
sdb
sdc
sdd
sde

but the problem is, they are there before AND after, so not really a change...

[JesseDaniel]

the strange thing is I have an external hdd that I can connect to the very same firewire port and it's recognized by ubuntustudio immediately: I can open and explore the drive contents, transfer files to the desktop etc. The port works fine... I just have no idea to get the camera recognized, and thus record and extract what's on the minidv tapes...

[kayosiii]

firewire should be recognized as at least /dev/raw1394 but there should also be a /dev/dv1394/0 device which is more camera specific.

Most common problem is that for some reason these interfaces can be off limits to users by default. the /dev/dv1394/0 belongs to the group video by default so if the user is a member of that group then you should have access. /dev/raw1394 by default belongs to the group disk which the user will definately not be a member of. There is a tool in the ubuntu-studio settings (control panel?) which will fix this for you.

Things you can try.
1) try to capture with kino - AFAIK it tends to be the best at dealing with capture hardware. if that fails try launching kino as super user - in terminal type "sudo kino"
2) Install the ubuntu studio control panel and use it to give yourself raw firewire access.
3) type
lspci
into a terminal and post the results - this will confirm that the firewire device is being detected properly and give us some idea of what you are dealing with
4) locate and install a program called gscanbus - it will show you graphically what is attached to the firewire bus.

[JesseDaniel]

Thank you for your suggestions, Kayosiii:

I have tried each of the solutions you recommend, to no avail.

Ubuntu studio controls does indeed enable raw1394, I seem to have gscanbus installed but cannot find it on the system, and running sudo kino led to "capture failed".

Here is the readout from typing 'lspci' in the terminal:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
04:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
04:08.0 Multimedia controller: ATI Technologies Inc Theater 550 PRO PCI [ATI TV Wonder 550]
04:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)


the one firewire that shows up is the external hdd, but I cannot see the camcorder anywhere.

Many thanks,

Jesse

[kayosiii]

That is perfectly odd - the firewire controller is good ie detected....
and if your firewire hdd is picked up then all the base firewire stuff is working -

Ok some simple stuff -- Are you trying to daisychain the camera through the hdd? if so can you try a direct connection. Also it would be a good idea to check that the cable you are using for the camera works...

here is some more terminal stuff you can try....
after you plug the camera in type in
dmesg into a terminal - and have a look at the very last things printed also we should verify that both devices are being created and have usuable permissions

ls -l /dev/raw1394

and
ls -l /dev/dv1394/0

also if gscanbus is installed - just type gscanbus into a terminal to run it or sudo gscanbus to see if that doesn't show up the camera.

[JesseDaniel]

Thank you for your reply, kayosiii:

I have 2 firewire ports, 1 at the front side of the tower and one in the back. While both ports recognize the hdd, neither recognizes the camera directly plugged into it.

after plugging the hdd into the back and the camcorder into the front side, typing 'dmesg' produces the following:

[ 0.812056] system 00:01: ioport range 0x2000-0x207f has been reserved
[ 0.812059] system 00:01: ioport range 0x2080-0x20ff has been reserved
[ 0.812062] system 00:01: iomem range 0x78000000-0x7fffffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812070] system 00:02: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
[ 0.812073] system 00:02: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
[ 0.812075] system 00:02: ioport range 0x290-0x297 has been reserved
[ 0.812087] system 00:0a: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812095] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xf0000-0xf3fff could not be reserved
[ 0.812097] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xf4000-0xf7fff could not be reserved
[ 0.812100] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xf8000-0xfbfff could not be reserved
[ 0.812103] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfc000-0xfffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812107] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfefff000-0xfefff0ff could not be reserved
[ 0.812110] system 00:0b: iomem range 0x77ef0000-0x77efffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812113] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812116] system 00:0b: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812119] system 00:0b: iomem range 0x100000-0x77eeffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812122] system 00:0b: iomem range 0x77f00000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812125] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved
[ 0.812128] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfeefffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812131] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfefff000-0xfeffffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812134] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xfff80fff could not be reserved
[ 0.812137] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfff90000-0xfffbffff could not be reserved
[ 0.812140] system 00:0b: iomem range 0xfffed000-0xfffeffff could not be reserved
[ 0.817677] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
[ 0.817680] pci 0000:00:02.0: IO window: 0xa000-0xafff
[ 0.817683] pci 0000:00:02.0: MEM window: 0xfd800000-0xfd8fffff
[ 0.817686] pci 0000:00:02.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000fd700000-0x000000fd7fffff
[ 0.817690] pci 0000:00:03.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
[ 0.817693] pci 0000:00:03.0: IO window: 0x8000-0x8fff
[ 0.817695] pci 0000:00:03.0: MEM window: 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff
[ 0.817698] pci 0000:00:03.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000fdd00000-0x000000fddfffff
[ 0.817702] pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
[ 0.817704] pci 0000:00:04.0: IO window: 0xb000-0xbfff
[ 0.817707] pci 0000:00:04.0: MEM window: 0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff
[ 0.817710] pci 0000:00:04.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000fd900000-0x000000fd9fffff
[ 0.817714] pci 0000:00:10.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04
[ 0.817717] pci 0000:00:10.0: IO window: 0x9000-0x9fff
[ 0.817721] pci 0000:00:10.0: MEM window: 0xfda00000-0xfdbfffff
[ 0.817724] pci 0000:00:10.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000f8000000-0x000000f9ffffff
[ 0.817735] pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.817740] pci 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.817745] pci 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.817749] pci 0000:00:10.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.817752] bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
[ 0.817755] bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffffffffffff]
[ 0.817757] bus: 01 index 0 io port: [a000, afff]
[ 0.817759] bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [fd800000, fd8fffff]
[ 0.817761] bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [fd700000, fd7fffff]
[ 0.817762] bus: 01 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[ 0.817764] bus: 02 index 0 io port: [8000, 8fff]
[ 0.817766] bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [fde00000, fdefffff]
[ 0.817768] bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [fdd00000, fddfffff]
[ 0.817770] bus: 02 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[ 0.817772] bus: 03 index 0 io port: [b000, bfff]
[ 0.817774] bus: 03 index 1 mmio: [fdc00000, fdcfffff]
[ 0.817776] bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [fd900000, fd9fffff]
[ 0.817778] bus: 03 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[ 0.817780] bus: 04 index 0 io port: [9000, 9fff]
[ 0.817781] bus: 04 index 1 mmio: [fda00000, fdbfffff]
[ 0.817783] bus: 04 index 2 mmio: [f8000000, f9ffffff]
[ 0.817785] bus: 04 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
[ 0.817787] bus: 04 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffffffffffff]
[ 0.817802] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.856139] IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[ 0.857137] TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
[ 0.859090] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.859598] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
[ 0.859601] TCP reno registered
[ 0.868110] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.868234] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[ 1.617050] Freeing initrd memory: 8813k freed
[ 1.623397] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 1.623411] type=2000 audit(1230052055.620:1): initialized
[ 1.629327] HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[ 1.632661] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[ 1.632764] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 1.632892] msgmni has been set to 3763
[ 1.633040] io scheduler noop registered
[ 1.633042] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[ 1.633045] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 1.633209] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 1.633225] pci 0000:00:00.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.633267] pci 0000:00:02.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.633278] pci 0000:00:03.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.633289] pci 0000:00:04.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.633299] pci 0000:00:05.0: Boot video device
[ 1.633321] pci 0000:00:09.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.648055] pci 0000:00:0e.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.648066] pci 0000:00:0f.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.648076] pci 0000:00:10.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.648089] pci 0000:00:10.1: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[ 1.648252] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.648276] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.648299] pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie00: allocate port service
[ 1.648362] pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie03: allocate port service
[ 1.648451] pcieport-driver 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.648475] pcieport-driver 0000:00:03.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.648494] pci_express 0000:00:03.0:pcie00: allocate port service
[ 1.648553] pci_express 0000:00:03.0:pcie03: allocate port service
[ 1.648643] pcieport-driver 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.648666] pcieport-driver 0000:00:04.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.648685] pci_express 0000:00:04.0:pcie00: allocate port service
[ 1.648745] pci_express 0000:00:04.0:pcie03: allocate port service
[ 1.695561] hpet_resources: 0xfefff000 is busy
[ 1.695641] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 1.695646] Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 1.698448] brd: module loaded
[ 1.698539] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[ 1.698770] PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
[ 1.699199] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 1.699207] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 1.721376] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 1.721566] rtc_cmos 00:05: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 1.721603] rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k, hpet irqs
[ 1.721664] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 1.721666] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 1.722098] TCP cubic registered
[ 1.722378] registered taskstats version 1
[ 1.722550] Magic number: 4:633:138
[ 1.722559] block ram3: hash matches
[ 1.722710] rtc_cmos 00:05: setting system clock to 2008-12-23 17:07:36 UTC (1230052056)
[ 1.722714] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.722716] EDD information not available.
[ 1.722756] Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed
[ 1.723020] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 4348k
[ 1.932058] fuse init (API version 7.9)
[ 2.008101] fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
[ 2.008110] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[ 2.044406] processor ACPI0007:00: registered as cooling_device1
[ 2.044487] processor ACPI0007:01: registered as cooling_device2
[ 2.047578] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
[ 2.048123] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (40 C)
[ 2.684447] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 2.684541] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 2.684724] No dock devices found.
[ 2.686783] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 2.686939] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.61.
[ 2.687557] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] enabled at IRQ 23
[ 2.687570] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCH] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 2.687575] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2.687610] nv_probe: set workaround bit for reversed mac addr
[ 2.719484] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 2.721484] ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 2.739867] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 3.208708] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:18:f3:e2:74:4d
[ 3.208713] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: highdma pwrctl timirq gbit lnktim desc-v3
[ 3.210960] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] enabled at IRQ 22
[ 3.210974] ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCF] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 3.210991] ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.210994] ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: OHCI Host Controller
[ 3.211058] ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 3.211090] ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: irq 22, io mem 0xfe02f000
[ 3.267192] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.267229] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.267242] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 3.474505] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] enabled at IRQ 21
[ 3.474519] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APCL] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 3.474534] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.474537] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: EHCI Host Controller
[ 3.474583] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 3.474619] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: debug port 1
[ 3.474624] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[ 3.474653] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: irq 21, io mem 0xfe02e000
[ 3.648040] usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 3.661019] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[ 3.661677] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3.662154] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.662165] hub 2-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 3.716029] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 3.869281] pata_acpi 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.869490] sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: version 3.5
[ 3.870069] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] enabled at IRQ 20
[ 3.870082] sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSI] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 3.870085] sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: Using SWNCQ mode
[ 3.870116] sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.870289] scsi0 : sata_nv
[ 3.871484] scsi1 : sata_nv
[ 3.871745] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xe000 irq 20
[ 3.871748] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xe008 irq 20
[ 4.344047] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.388024] usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
[ 4.391758] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3250620AS, 3.AAE, max UDMA/133
[ 4.391761] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[ 4.458396] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 4.602768] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.908023] usb 1-3: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
[ 4.932045] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.978262] ata2.00: ATA-7: ST3250620AS, 3.AAE, max UDMA/133
[ 4.978265] ata2.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[ 5.044902] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 5.044957] isa bounce pool size: 16 pages
[ 5.045047] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3250620AS 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 5.045209] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3250620AS 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 5.048758] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] enabled at IRQ 23
[ 5.048763] sata_nv 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSJ] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 5.048767] sata_nv 0000:00:0f.0: Using SWNCQ mode
[ 5.048810] sata_nv 0000:00:0f.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 5.048977] scsi2 : sata_nv
[ 5.050135] scsi3 : sata_nv
[ 5.050407] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xcc00 irq 23
[ 5.050411] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma 0xcc08 irq 23
[ 5.120179] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 5.379504] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 5.706500] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 5.707334] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
[ 5.707348] ohci1394 0000:04:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 5.757131] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[19] MMIO=[fdbff000-fdbff7ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 5.766558] pata_amd 0000:00:0d.0: version 0.3.10
[ 5.766608] pata_amd 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 5.769517] scsi4 : pata_amd
[ 5.769635] scsi5 : pata_amd
[ 5.770613] ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xf400 irq 14
[ 5.770616] ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xf408 irq 15
[ 5.807022] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 5.807082] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 5.816467] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 5.822464] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input1
[ 5.828845] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 5.829025] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 5.829054] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 5.829057] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.829105] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.829210] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 5.829235] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 5.829238] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.829285] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.829290] sda:<6>input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-1
[ 5.847602] sda1 sda2 <<6>input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/input/input2
[ 5.865870] sda5 >
[ 5.866051] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 5.869775] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 5.869827] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 5.869830] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.869871] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.869963] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 5.869984] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 5.869987] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.870023] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.870027] sdb:<6>input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-1
[ 5.881195] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 5.881198] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 5.884245] sdb1
[ 5.884401] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 5.932411] ata5.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H22N, 1.00, max UDMA/66
[ 5.932425] ata5: nv_mode_filter: 0x1f39f&0x1f01f->0x1f01f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5000000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:600:0x13)
[ 5.948343] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66
[ 6.119400] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 6.119605] scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 6.143625] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 6.148814] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 6.148819] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 6.148923] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 6.387782] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[ 6.387786] PM: Resume from partition 8:5
[ 6.387788] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[ 6.387933] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 6.426780] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 6.426793] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 7.033206] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0011d8000100e0d1]
[ 11.239914] udevd version 124 started
[ 11.558871] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
[ 11.580062] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 11.580206] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
[ 11.612035] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[ 11.697793] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 11.736881] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 11.831924] parport_pc 00:08: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 11.831954] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
[ 12.805560] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 13.088746] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC7] enabled at IRQ 16
[ 13.088761] nvidia 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC7] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 13.088767] nvidia 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 13.091615] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 177.80 Wed Oct 1 14:43:46 PDT 2008
[ 13.095277] i2c-adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4c00
[ 13.095309] i2c-adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4c40
[ 13.124668] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 13.135626] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 13.141643] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 13.142308] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17
[ 13.142321] ath_pci 0000:04:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 13.832087] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input5
[ 13.866846] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.4)
[ 13.867489] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
[ 13.867495] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 13.867506] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 13.867513] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 13.867518] wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
[ 13.867522] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 13.867524] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 13.867527] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 13.867528] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 13.867531] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 13.867533] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 13.872204] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xfdbe0000, irq=17
[ 13.893457] input: Wacom Graphire4 4x5 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/input/input6
[ 14.015123] usbcore: registered new interface driver wacom
[ 14.015129] wacom: v1.49:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
[ 14.505196] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] enabled at IRQ 22
[ 14.505203] HDA Intel 0000:00:10.1: PCI INT B -> Link[AAZA] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 14.505225] HDA Intel 0000:00:10.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 15.198555] loop: module loaded
[ 15.236438] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 15.290985] ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
[ 15.476623] Adding 5646808k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:5646808k
[ 16.045553] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 17.142139] type=1505 audit(1230052072.069:2): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=4357
[ 17.321224] type=1505 audit(1230052072.249:3): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=4362
[ 17.321450] type=1505 audit(1230052072.249:4): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=4362
[ 17.508126] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 18.781327] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 20.865712] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[ 21.250414] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 21.251194] powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0xe
[ 21.251198] powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0x10
[ 21.251200] powernow-k8: 2 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12
[ 22.238971] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[ 22.440938] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 24.346236] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
[ 24.347286] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 24.347297] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 24.347301] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 24.364745] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
[ 24.364756] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 24.387217] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 24.387227] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 24.404050] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 24.405066] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 24.405072] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
[ 24.415316] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 24.415533] pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
[ 24.442507] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[ 24.442514] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 26.000031] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -249429510 ns)
[ 29.947792] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 29.950058] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 40.440025] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 107.838424] Too big adjustment 32
[ 107.869800] Too big adjustment 32
[ 163.968388] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 164.016359] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 164.062265] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 164.108425] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 164.275994] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 164.324060] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 2332.632137] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[ 2333.584113] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023
[ 2333.584242] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[ 2339.426978] ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0050770e00071002]
[ 2339.440279] scsi6 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394
[ 2339.441744] ieee1394: sbp2: Workarounds for node 0-00:1023: 0x20 (firmware_revision 0x012804, vendor_id 0x005077, model_id 0x000001)
[ 2340.445797] ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
[ 2340.446089] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[ 2340.447126] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access-RBC ST325062 0A PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 2340.448402] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 2340.448868] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 2340.448877] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00
[ 2340.449518] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2340.451058] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[ 2340.451416] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 2340.451424] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00
[ 2340.452773] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2340.453442] sdc: sdc1
[ 2340.476809] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[ 2340.477068] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 14
[ 3617.152044] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023
[ 3617.832049] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-02:1023
[ 3618.112851] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[ 3618.113469] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[ 3620.096264] ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0000850001ac8832]
[ 3620.097214] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-02:1023
[ 3620.098021] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[ 3620.098815] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[ 3620.209368] NOTE: The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed in a future Linux release. Use raw1394 instead.
[ 3665.236504] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-02:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[ 3665.238504] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[ 3665.238827] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[ 3665.238848] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0000850001ac8832]
[ 3682.368148] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023
[ 3682.369828] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0050770e00071002]
[ 3682.384895] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 3682.386600] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[ 3682.386614] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Stopping disk
[ 3682.390616] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] START_STOP FAILED
[ 3682.390625] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
[23341.892180] ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting...
[23342.172462] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0050770e00071002]
[23342.174441] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[23342.176175] scsi7 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394
[23342.179831] ieee1394: sbp2: Workarounds for node 0-00:1023: 0x20 (firmware_revision 0x012804, vendor_id 0x005077, model_id 0x000001)
[23343.185833] ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
[23343.187441] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[23343.189962] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access-RBC ST325062 0A PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[23343.196193] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[23343.198286] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[23343.198296] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00
[23343.201291] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[23343.203974] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
[23343.206202] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[23343.206214] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00
[23343.209192] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[23343.211339] sdc: sdc1
[23343.233992] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[23343.236276] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 14
[36563.560035] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023
[36564.240032] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-02:1023
[36564.520876] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[36564.521361] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[36566.493684] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0000850001ac8832]
[36566.494409] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-02:1023
[36566.495038] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[36566.495317] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[36592.520622] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-02:1023 -> 0-01:1023
[36592.522710] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[36592.523100] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[36592.523119] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0000850001ac8832]
[36662.472031] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023
[36663.152040] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-02:1023
[36663.432811] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[36663.433239] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]
[36665.405792] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0000850001ac8832]
[36665.406373] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-02:1023
[36665.407088] ieee1394: sbp2: Reconnected to SBP-2 device
[36665.407456] ieee1394: sbp2: Node 0-00:1023: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [2048]


ls -l /dev/raw1394 produces:
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 171, 0 2008-12-23 12:07 /dev/raw1394

while ls -l /dev/dv1394/0 produces:

crw-rw---- 1 root video 171, 32 2008-12-23 13:07 /dev/dv1394/0

typing 'gscanbus' produces:

couldn't get handle: Permission denied
This probably means that you don't have raw1394 support in the kernel or that
you haven't loaded the raw1394 module.

while typing 'sudo gscanbus' produces:

a windows with a graphical icon of the linux mascot (with ochi1394 written beneath), connected by a blue line to a cd icon (with S400 prolific combo device written beneath), and another blue line connecting the linux icon to a boxed eye icon (with S100 Canon written beneath).

the last could indeed be the camera?

[kayosiii]

ok that tells me that the camera is being seen but you do not have permission to use it - which means the ubuntustudio control thing failed for raw1394. I can see that /dev/raw1394 is owned by the group disk and /dev/dv1394/0 by the group video.

I am guessing that you belong to neither group type in the command
'groups' to confirm this. Probably the one you want to be accessing is dv1394 which means you need to be in the video group.

I am not overly familiar (Kubuntu user here) but I think there should be something that lets you do that in the user settings panel in Ubuntu. Otherwise you can try the following on the command line

sudo usermod -a -G video [your user name]

you will then need to log out and back in again (or restart). hope that helps

[RedRat]

I am having the exact same problem. I have a Canon HD30 High Def camera that connects its tape drive via a 1394 cable. Running kino I get the same message and messages about loading the 1394 libraries. I am much interested in the resolution to this problem. I will also try the command
"sudo kino" and
gksudo kino
and see if this makes any difference. I do have under the \dev\dev1394\0
so it appears that the 1394 is attaching.

[RedRat]

In my case kino, when run under "gksudo kino" correctly identifies my camera. I am outputting as HD1080i output. Can kino handle this kind of HD output??? Perhaps not?

[kragh]

acpi ptyc3 ptyr1 ptyvf ram7 tty55 ttye1 ttysb ttyx9
adsp ptyc4 ptyr2 ptyw0 ram8 tty56 ttye2 ttysc ttyxa
agpgart ptyc5 ptyr3 ptyw1 ram9 tty57 ttye3 ttysd ttyxb
audio ptyc6 ptyr4 ptyw2 random tty58 ttye4 ttyse ttyxc
audio1 ptyc7 ptyr5 ptyw3 rtc tty59 ttye5 ttysf ttyxd
bus ptyc8 ptyr6 ptyw4 scd0 tty6 ttye6 ttyt0 ttyxe
cdrom ptyc9 ptyr7 ptyw5 scd1 tty60 ttye7 ttyt1 ttyxf
cdrw ptyca ptyr8 ptyw6 sda tty61 ttye8 ttyt2 ttyy0
console ptycb ptyr9 ptyw7 sda1 tty62 ttye9 ttyt3 ttyy1
core ptycc ptyra ptyw8 sda2 tty63 ttyea ttyt4 ttyy2
disk ptycd ptyrb ptyw9 sda3 tty7 ttyeb ttyt5 ttyy3
dri ptyce ptyrc ptywa sda5 tty8 ttyec ttyt6 ttyy4
dsp ptycf ptyrd ptywb sequencer tty9 ttyed ttyt7 ttyy5
dsp1 ptyd0 ptyre ptywc sequencer2 ttya0 ttyee ttyt8 ttyy6
dvd ptyd1 ptyrf ptywd sg0 ttya1 ttyef ttyt9 ttyy7
dvdrw ptyd2 ptys0 ptywe sg1 ttya2 ttyp0 ttyta ttyy8
fd ptyd3 ptys1 ptywf sg2 ttya3 ttyp1 ttytb ttyy9
fd0 ptyd4 ptys2 ptyx0 shm ttya4 ttyp2 ttytc ttyya
full ptyd5 ptys3 ptyx1 snapshot ttya5 ttyp3 ttytd ttyyb
fuse ptyd6 ptys4 ptyx2 snd ttya6 ttyp4 ttyte ttyyc
hpet ptyd7 ptys5 ptyx3 sndstat ttya7 ttyp5 ttytf ttyyd
initctl ptyd8 ptys6 ptyx4 sr0 ttya8 ttyp6 ttyu0 ttyye
input ptyd9 ptys7 ptyx5 sr1 ttya9 ttyp7 ttyu1 ttyyf
kmem ptyda ptys8 ptyx6 stderr ttyaa ttyp8 ttyu2 ttyz0
kmsg ptydb ptys9 ptyx7 stdin ttyab ttyp9 ttyu3 ttyz1
log ptydc ptysa ptyx8 stdout ttyac ttypa ttyu4 ttyz2
loop0 ptydd ptysb ptyx9 tty ttyad ttypb ttyu5 ttyz3
lp0 ptyde ptysc ptyxa tty0 ttyae ttypc ttyu6 ttyz4
MAKEDEV ptydf ptysd ptyxb tty1 ttyaf ttypd ttyu7 ttyz5
mem ptye0 ptyse ptyxc tty10 ttyb0 ttype ttyu8 ttyz6
mixer ptye1 ptysf ptyxd tty11 ttyb1 ttypf ttyu9 ttyz7
mixer1 ptye2 ptyt0 ptyxe tty12 ttyb2 ttyq0 ttyua ttyz8
net ptye3 ptyt1 ptyxf tty13 ttyb3 ttyq1 ttyub ttyz9
null ptye4 ptyt2 ptyy0 tty14 ttyb4 ttyq2 ttyuc ttyza
nvidia0 ptye5 ptyt3 ptyy1 tty15 ttyb5 ttyq3 ttyud ttyzb
nvidiactl ptye6 ptyt4 ptyy2 tty16 ttyb6 ttyq4 ttyue ttyzc
oldmem ptye7 ptyt5 ptyy3 tty17 ttyb7 ttyq5 ttyuf ttyzd
parport0 ptye8 ptyt6 ptyy4 tty18 ttyb8 ttyq6 ttyv0 ttyze
port ptye9 ptyt7 ptyy5 tty19 ttyb9 ttyq7 ttyv1 ttyzf
ppp ptyea ptyt8 ptyy6 tty2 ttyba ttyq8 ttyv2 urandom
psaux ptyeb ptyt9 ptyy7 tty20 ttybb ttyq9 ttyv3 usbdev1.1_ep00
ptmx ptyec ptyta ptyy8 tty21 ttybc ttyqa ttyv4 usbdev1.1_ep81
pts ptyed ptytb ptyy9 tty22 ttybd ttyqb ttyv5 usbdev1.2_ep00
ptya0 ptyee ptytc ptyya tty23 ttybe ttyqc ttyv6 usbdev1.2_ep81
ptya1 ptyef ptytd ptyyb tty24 ttybf ttyqd ttyv7 usbdev1.3_ep00
ptya2 ptyp0 ptyte ptyyc tty25 ttyc0 ttyqe ttyv8 usbdev1.3_ep81
ptya3 ptyp1 ptytf ptyyd tty26 ttyc1 ttyqf ttyv9 usbdev2.1_ep00
ptya4 ptyp2 ptyu0 ptyye tty27 ttyc2 ttyr0 ttyva usbdev2.1_ep81
ptya5 ptyp3 ptyu1 ptyyf tty28 ttyc3 ttyr1 ttyvb usbdev3.1_ep00
ptya6 ptyp4 ptyu2 ptyz0 tty29 ttyc4 ttyr2 ttyvc usbdev3.1_ep81
ptya7 ptyp5 ptyu3 ptyz1 tty3 ttyc5 ttyr3 ttyvd usbdev4.1_ep00
ptya8 ptyp6 ptyu4 ptyz2 tty30 ttyc6 ttyr4 ttyve usbdev4.1_ep81
ptya9 ptyp7 ptyu5 ptyz3 tty31 ttyc7 ttyr5 ttyvf usbdev4.6_ep00
ptyaa ptyp8 ptyu6 ptyz4 tty32 ttyc8 ttyr6 ttyw0 usbdev4.6_ep81
ptyab ptyp9 ptyu7 ptyz5 tty33 ttyc9 ttyr7 ttyw1 usbdev4.6_ep82
ptyac ptypa ptyu8 ptyz6 tty34 ttyca ttyr8 ttyw2 usbdev5.1_ep00
ptyad ptypb ptyu9 ptyz7 tty35 ttycb ttyr9 ttyw3 usbdev5.1_ep81
ptyae ptypc ptyua ptyz8 tty36 ttycc ttyra ttyw4 vcs
ptyaf ptypd ptyub ptyz9 tty37 ttycd ttyrb ttyw5 vcs1
ptyb0 ptype ptyuc ptyza tty38 ttyce ttyrc ttyw6 vcs2
ptyb1 ptypf ptyud ptyzb tty39 ttycf ttyrd ttyw7 vcs3
ptyb2 ptyq0 ptyue ptyzc tty4 ttyd0 ttyre ttyw8 vcs4
ptyb3 ptyq1 ptyuf ptyzd tty40 ttyd1 ttyrf ttyw9 vcs5
ptyb4 ptyq2 ptyv0 ptyze tty41 ttyd2 ttys0 ttywa vcs6
ptyb5 ptyq3 ptyv1 ptyzf tty42 ttyd3 ttyS0 ttywb vcs7
ptyb6 ptyq4 ptyv2 ram0 tty43 ttyd4 ttys1 ttywc vcs8
ptyb7 ptyq5 ptyv3 ram1 tty44 ttyd5 ttyS1 ttywd vcsa
ptyb8 ptyq6 ptyv4 ram10 tty45 ttyd6 ttys2 ttywe vcsa1
ptyb9 ptyq7 ptyv5 ram11 tty46 ttyd7 ttyS2 ttywf vcsa2
ptyba ptyq8 ptyv6 ram12 tty47 ttyd8 ttys3 ttyx0 vcsa3
ptybb ptyq9 ptyv7 ram13 tty48 ttyd9 ttyS3 ttyx1 vcsa4
ptybc ptyqa ptyv8 ram14 tty49 ttyda ttys4 ttyx2 vcsa5
ptybd ptyqb ptyv9 ram15 tty5 ttydb ttys5 ttyx3 vcsa6
ptybe ptyqc ptyva ram2 tty50 ttydc ttys6 ttyx4 vcsa7
ptybf ptyqd ptyvb ram3 tty51 ttydd ttys7 ttyx5 vcsa8
ptyc0 ptyqe ptyvc ram4 tty52 ttyde ttys8 ttyx6 watchdog
ptyc1 ptyqf ptyvd ram5 tty53 ttydf ttys9 ttyx7 xconsole
ptyc2 ptyr0 ptyve ram6 tty54 ttye0 ttysa ttyx8 zero
This is what I get.I have a sony handycam hsc-40.