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produnis
May 17th, 2009, 03:46 PM
Hi folks,

I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on the 2nd HD of my Intel-MacPro.

Everything works fine, but there is on topic I just can't solve:

How to run my external Firewire-iSight-Webcam.

There are several docs out there, describing how to run the BUILT-IN USB iSight with Ubuntu (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleiSight), but they won't work for me, as my iSight isn't built-in, but connected via Firewire to my Mac.

So, my question is:
Is there anybody out there, who made the external Firewire-iSight to run with Ubuntu?

Thanks in advance,

Produnis
cyberdork33
May 18th, 2009, 03:15 PM
This is the only how-to I know of for the external iSight:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=572039
produnis
May 18th, 2009, 04:16 PM
thanks for answering me

I knew that page, and I have kind a problem described there...


I read here (http://osdir.com/ml/ports.mactel.user/2006-11/msg00046.html), that the firewire-isight would run, if libdc1394 and coriander is installed.
I didn' find libdc1394 in synaptic, but installing libc6-dev and libdc1394-13 (http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/libdc1394-13) should be quite the same (http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/libdc1394-13).

So, I installed them both - and the following packages, which I read here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4649034&postcount=4):
#sudo apt-get install dvgrab libavc1394-0 libdc1394-13 libdc1394-13-dev libfreebob0 libiec61883-0 libiec61883-dev libraw1394-8 libraw1394-dev corianderI followed the manual and added this to /etc/modules
raw1394
video1394
ohci1394
dv1394But if I try to
sudo modprobe dv1394
sudo modprobe video1394
sudo modprobe raw1394
sudo modprobe ohci1394it gives me back
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it will be ignored in a future releaseIf I start coriander, it gives me:
Warning: could not get a handle to your IEEE1394 card
Please check that:
- the card is present
- the IEEE1394 modules (ieee1394, ohci1394, raw1394 and video1934) are loaded
- you have read/write permissions on the /dev/raw1394 and /dev/video1394 devices
If I type in (without "#")...:
#sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/raw1394
#sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/video1394-0 # there is only this, I have no /dev/video1394 ...first, and then start coriander, it gives me:
libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394
Segmentation faultIf I type in:
dmesg|grep videoit gives me:
produnis@UbuntuPro:~$ dmesg|grep video
[ 1.455603] pci 0000:08:00.0: Boot video device
[ 8.634745] video1394: Installed video1394 moduleAnyone any suggestions what I could do?
thx in adv
cyberdork33
May 19th, 2009, 12:13 PM
make sure the ieee1394 module is loaded as well

'lsmod' will list the loaded modules.

Installing coriander seems to want to install libdc1394-22 (not -13). I would uninstall the -13 version.

You should not chmod /dev/* devices. Use "sudo" to start coriander instead.

I did not get that error when modprobing the 1394 modules. I don't think it is an issue you need to worry about anyway.

coriander seemed to startup OK for me after install the -22 version of libdc1394 (except that it could not find a camera... but that is expected since I do not have one.)

There is a source package for vloopback in the karmic Koala repos when you get to that point:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/vloopback-source

More info, but really sounds the same:
http://thegrid.wordpress.com/how-to-use-isight-in-linux/
produnis
May 19th, 2009, 03:54 PM
make sure the ieee1394 module is loaded as well
'lsmod' will list the loaded modules.

Thx for that, I modprobe ieee1394.
This is what lsmod gives me:

produnis@UbuntuPro:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
uinput 15616 2
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
dv1394 25948 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 435636 5
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
raw1394 32732 0
nvidia 7233756 38
hid_apple 14336 0
video1394 23740 0
snd 62628 18 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i5000_edac 18060 0
edac_core 47404 3 i5000_edac
pcspkr 10496 0
agpgart 42696 1 nvidia
usbhid 42336 0
shpchp 40212 0
applesmc 29360 0
led_class 12036 1 applesmc
input_polldev 11912 1 applesmc
ohci1394 38576 2 dv1394,video1394
ieee1394 94660 4 dv1394,raw1394,video1394,ohci1394
e1000e 121136 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
produnis@UbuntuPro:~$
produnis@UbuntuPro:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
uinput 15616 2
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
dv1394 25948 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 435636 5
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
raw1394 32732 0
nvidia 7233756 38
hid_apple 14336 0
video1394 23740 0
snd 62628 18 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i5000_edac 18060 a 0
edac_core 47404 3 i5000_edac
pcspkr 10496 0
agpgart 42696 1 nvidia
usbhid 42336 0
shpchp 40212 0
applesmc 29360 0
led_class 12036 1 applesmc
input_polldev 11912 1 applesmc
ohci1394 38576 2 dv1394,video1394
ieee1394 94660 4 dv1394,raw1394,video1394,ohci1394
e1000e 121136 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblitDoes it look ok?




Installing coriander seems to want to install libdc1394-22 (not -13). I would uninstall the -13 version.

Thx again, I uninstalled libdc1394-13.... I then figured out, that -22 was already installed at my system


coriander seemed to startup OK for me after install the -22 version of libdc1394 (except that it could not find a camera... but that is expected since I do not have one.)

Lucky you... I still get the error
libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394
Segmentation faultCould it be, that this error occurs, because I don't have neither /dev/video1394 nor /dev/video0 ?
I only have /dev/video1394-0
Maybe coriander wants it without the -0 ?
This is how my /dev/ looks like:

produnis@UbuntuPro:/dev$ ls -la
insgesamt 4
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4240 2009-05-19 21:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2009-05-15 19:56 ..
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 12 2009-05-19 21:09 adsp
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 audio
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 680 2009-05-19 21:09 block
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 2009-05-19 21:09 bus
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-19 21:09 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-19 21:09 cdrw -> sr0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3600 2009-05-19 21:10 char
crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 2009-05-19 21:10 console
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-05-19 21:09 core -> /proc/kcore
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-05-19 21:09 cpu_dma_latency
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 2009-05-19 21:09 disk
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 3 2009-05-19 21:09 dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root root 171, 32 2009-05-19 21:09 dv1394-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-19 21:09 dvd -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-19 21:09 dvdrw -> sr0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 63 2009-05-19 21:09 ecryptfs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-05-19 21:09 fd -> /proc/self/fd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 2009-05-19 21:09 full
crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root fuse 10, 229 2009-05-19 21:09 fuse
crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 hidraw0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 hidraw1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 251, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 hidraw2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 228 2009-05-19 21:09 hpet
prw------- 1 root root 0 2009-05-19 21:09 initctl
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 100 2009-05-19 21:09 .initramfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-05-19 21:09 .initramfs-tools
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 360 2009-05-19 21:10 input
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 2 2009-05-10 17:20 kmem
crw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 11 2009-05-19 21:09 kmsg
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2009-05-19 21:10 log
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 2009-05-10 17:20 loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 2009-05-19 21:09 loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 2009-05-19 21:09 loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 2009-05-19 21:09 loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 2009-05-19 21:09 loop7
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-05-19 21:09 mapper
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 mem
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 mixer
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-05-10 17:20 net
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 59 2009-05-19 21:09 network_latency
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 58 2009-05-19 21:09 network_throughput
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2009-05-10 17:20 null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 2009-05-19 21:10 nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 2009-05-19 21:10 nvidiactl
crw-rw---- 1 root root 1, 12 2009-05-19 21:09 oldmem
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-05-19 21:09 pktcdvd
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 port
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 2009-05-10 17:20 ppp
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 psaux
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 2009-05-19 21:33 ptmx
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-05-19 21:09 pts
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 ram1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 10 2009-05-19 21:09 ram10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 11 2009-05-19 21:09 ram11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 12 2009-05-19 21:09 ram12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 13 2009-05-19 21:09 ram13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 14 2009-05-19 21:09 ram14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 15 2009-05-19 21:09 ram15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 ram2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 2009-05-19 21:09 ram3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 ram4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 2009-05-19 21:09 ram5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 2009-05-19 21:09 ram6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 2009-05-19 21:09 ram7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 8 2009-05-19 21:09 ram8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 9 2009-05-19 21:09 ram9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 2009-05-19 21:09 random
crw-rw---- 1 root root 171, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 raw1394
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2009-05-19 21:09 rtc -> rtc0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 254, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 rtc0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-19 21:09 scd0 -> sr0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 sda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 sda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 sda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 2009-05-19 21:09 sdb
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 17 2009-05-19 21:09 sdb1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 18 2009-05-19 21:09 sdb2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 19 2009-05-19 21:09 sdb3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 sequencer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 8 2009-05-19 21:09 sequencer2
crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 sg0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 sg1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 sg2
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 100 2009-05-19 21:27 shm
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 231 2009-05-19 21:09 snapshot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 200 2009-05-19 21:09 snd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2009-05-19 21:09 sndstat -> /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-05-19 21:09 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-05-19 21:09 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2009-05-19 21:09 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 2009-05-19 21:27 tty
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 tty0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 2009-05-19 21:10 tty1
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 10 2009-05-19 21:09 tty10
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 11 2009-05-19 21:09 tty11
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 12 2009-05-19 21:09 tty12
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 13 2009-05-19 21:09 tty13
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 14 2009-05-19 21:09 tty14
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 15 2009-05-19 21:09 tty15
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 16 2009-05-19 21:09 tty16
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 17 2009-05-19 21:09 tty17
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 18 2009-05-19 21:09 tty18
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 19 2009-05-19 21:09 tty19
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 2009-05-19 21:10 tty2
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 20 2009-05-19 21:09 tty20
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 21 2009-05-19 21:09 tty21
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 22 2009-05-19 21:09 tty22
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 23 2009-05-19 21:09 tty23
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 24 2009-05-19 21:09 tty24
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 25 2009-05-19 21:09 tty25
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 26 2009-05-19 21:09 tty26
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 27 2009-05-19 21:09 tty27
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 28 2009-05-19 21:09 tty28
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 29 2009-05-19 21:09 tty29
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 2009-05-19 21:10 tty3
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 30 2009-05-19 21:09 tty30
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 31 2009-05-19 21:09 tty31
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 32 2009-05-19 21:09 tty32
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 33 2009-05-19 21:09 tty33
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 34 2009-05-19 21:09 tty34
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 35 2009-05-19 21:09 tty35
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 36 2009-05-19 21:09 tty36
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 37 2009-05-19 21:09 tty37
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 38 2009-05-19 21:09 tty38
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 39 2009-05-19 21:09 tty39
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 2009-05-19 21:10 tty4
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 40 2009-05-19 21:09 tty40
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 41 2009-05-19 21:09 tty41
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 42 2009-05-19 21:09 tty42
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 43 2009-05-19 21:09 tty43
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 44 2009-05-19 21:09 tty44
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 45 2009-05-19 21:09 tty45
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 46 2009-05-19 21:09 tty46
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 47 2009-05-19 21:09 tty47
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 48 2009-05-19 21:09 tty48
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 49 2009-05-19 21:09 tty49
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 2009-05-19 21:10 tty5
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 50 2009-05-19 21:09 tty50
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 51 2009-05-19 21:09 tty51
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 52 2009-05-19 21:09 tty52
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 53 2009-05-19 21:09 tty53
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 54 2009-05-19 21:09 tty54
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 55 2009-05-19 21:09 tty55
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 56 2009-05-19 21:09 tty56
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 57 2009-05-19 21:09 tty57
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 58 2009-05-19 21:09 tty58
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 59 2009-05-19 21:09 tty59
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 2009-05-19 21:10 tty6
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 60 2009-05-19 21:09 tty60
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 61 2009-05-19 21:09 tty61
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 62 2009-05-19 21:09 tty62
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 63 2009-05-19 21:09 tty63
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 7 2009-05-19 21:09 tty7
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 8 2009-05-19 21:10 tty8
crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 9 2009-05-19 21:09 tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2009-05-19 21:09 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 2009-05-19 21:09 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 2009-05-19 21:09 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 2009-05-19 21:09 ttyS3
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 140 2009-05-19 21:12 .udev
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 2009-05-19 21:10 urandom
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev1.1_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev1.1_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 3 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev2.1_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev2.1_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 5 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev3.1_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev3.1_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 7 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.1_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 6 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.1_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 11 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.2_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 10 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.2_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 13 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.3_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 12 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.3_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 16 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.4_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 14 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.4_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 15 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev4.4_ep82
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 9 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev5.1_ep00
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 8 2009-05-19 21:09 usbdev5.1_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 1 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 2 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 3 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 4 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 5 2009-05-19 21:09 usbmon5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 0 2009-05-19 21:09 vcs
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 2 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 3 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 4 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 5 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 6 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 7 2009-05-19 21:10 vcs7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 8 2009-05-19 21:09 vcs8
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 128 2009-05-19 21:09 vcsa
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 129 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 130 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 131 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 132 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 133 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 134 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 135 2009-05-19 21:10 vcsa7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 136 2009-05-19 21:09 vcsa8
crw-rw---- 1 root root 171, 16 2009-05-19 21:09 video1394-0
prw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 2009-05-19 21:10 xconsole
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 2009-05-19 21:09 zero


There is a source package for vloopback in the karmic Koala repos when you get to that point:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/vloopback-source
More info, but really sounds the same:
http://thegrid.wordpress.com/how-to-use-isight-in-linux/
Thx for the links, I might get there if coriander starts up... ;-)

Do you have any further advices how I could bring up my iSight?
cyberdork33
May 19th, 2009, 04:54 PM
there appears to be a problem with your installation of libdc1394. Try removing all the packages, and just install corriander. I think it pulls libdc1394 itself...

remove:
sudo apt-get remove dvgrab libavc1394-0 libdc1394-13 libdc1394-13-dev libfreebob0 libiec61883-0 libiec61883-dev libraw1394-8 libraw1394-dev coriander

I used aptitude and just installed coriander:
sudo aptitude coriander

It got everything else it needed and seemed to run OK (as far as it can for me) with:
sudo coriander
produnis
May 20th, 2009, 01:48 PM
ok, I did how you told me...

when I did the apt-get remove, the following additional packages have been removed:
amarok audacity cheese coriander dvgrab ffmpeg gnome-media googleearth
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-good kdebase-runtime
kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kdemultimedia-kio-plugins khelpcenter4 libavc1394-0
libavdevice52 libdc1394-22 libffado0 libfreebob0 libiec61883-0
libiec61883-dev libjack0 libkcddb4 libmarble4 libqt4-webkit libraw1394-8
libraw1394-dev marble merkaartor mplayer phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer
rhythmbox totem totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla totem-plugins ubuntu-desktop

Well, unfortunately, after re-installing coriander, a sudo coriander gives me the same error as usual:
libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394
Segmentation faultI really don't know what to do...
It seams, as if Ubuntu doesn't like a Firewire-iSight at all
;-(
cyberdork33
May 20th, 2009, 10:23 PM
Are you using KDE? there were a lot of kde packages removed...

I don't know why you would get a segfault. Maybe if you can check 'dmesg | tail' after you try to run coriander.
produnis
May 21st, 2009, 05:16 AM
I am using GNOME...

There seems to be a problem with the Firewire host:
produnis@UbuntuPro:/etc/modprobe.d$ dmesg |grep 1394
[ 3.099019] ohci1394 0000:10:0b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 3.149757] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[16] MMIO=[f2e04000-f2e047ff] Max Packet=[4096] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 4.567364] ieee1394: config ROM CRC error
[ 4.567411] ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[000a27000406c399]
[ 4.567510] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-02:1023] GUID[0019e3fffe8ebf56]
[ 8.872307] video1394: Installed video1394 module
[ 8.939386] ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
[ 9.483024] NOTE: The dv1394 driver is unsupported and may be removed in a future Linux release. Use raw1394 instead.
[ 1862.165728] coriander[5177]: segfault at 0 ip b794c3b7 sp bfef7ec0 error 4 in libdc1394.so.22.1.2[b793f000+2c000]

I am wondering about line 3:
ieee1394: config ROM CRC error

Do you have any idea for that?
cyberdork33
May 21st, 2009, 08:56 AM
I am wondering about line 3:
ieee1394: config ROM CRC error

Do you have any idea for that?
no, that seems to be fine. (see http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0805.0/0860.html There is actually a patch to get it stop writing it to the log because the message is so common and really harmless.)

The real culprit seems to be libdc1394.
[ 1862.165728] coriander[5177]: segfault at 0 ip b794c3b7 sp bfef7ec0 error 4 in libdc1394.so.22.1.2[b793f000+2c000]
produnis
May 21st, 2009, 10:57 AM
hmmmm... and there is no real solution for that problem, is there?

should I report that as a bug to ubuntu?
cyberdork33
May 21st, 2009, 11:25 AM
hmmmm... and there is no real solution for that problem, is there?

should I report that as a bug to ubuntu?
not that I know of. You can try filing a bug.
produnis
May 21st, 2009, 12:04 PM
Thanks a lot that you tried to help me!!!!
I just reported my problem as bug379088 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdc1394-22/+bug/379088)...

Hopefully, there will be something like a patch...
lorent_tt
June 4th, 2009, 09:08 AM
Hi
don't worry you're not alone
I'm in the same situation with my Quad Opteron
Still looking for a clue...

Did you test Kino ?
Because on my computer Kino is working great !!!
Why ???
May be the issue is not really from 1394 bus ???