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schome1

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Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 61

Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

I'm trying to capture video using kino and I get the following warning:

WARNING: raw1394 kernel module not loaded or failure to read/write /dev/raw1394!

I'm using udev.

lsmod|grep 1394 results:
raw1394                33388  0
ohci1394               36484  0
ieee1394              113080  2 raw1394,ohci1394

I have added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

I do not have a /dev/raw1394 directory.  I'm assuming this is the problem, but I don't know how to resolve it.

Thanks for any info.

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

i had the same trouble and create it with this:

mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0

however, this is a workaround and there should be a "right way of using raw1394 with udev", but i was not able to find it

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schome1

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Registered: 2004-02-15

Posts: 61

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

I've done that, and the directory now exists, but I still get the same warning in Kino.  Is there anything I need to do in the modprobe.conf file, or the rc.conf file, or anything else?

Thanks

axelmangr

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 34

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

Hello all!

I kind of have the same problem. I have the files raw1394 and video1394

$ ls /dev/ | grep 1394
raw1394
video1394

but the modules are not loaded (I guess)

$ /sbin/lsmod | grep 1394
$

I am also trying to capture video from kino but i can't. Is there a wasy to do something without having to compile a kernel and installing it?

Thanx to all
axelmangr

hugelmopf

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Registered: 2004-08-06

Posts: 71

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

Well, what is the problem, when you load these modules? They come with the stock Arch kernel, so you don't have to compile anything. Just:

modprobe raw1394

(this should also load the ieee1394 module)

axelmangr

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 34

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

Well actually it was my mistake. I should use v4l and not the raw model. The webcam I have is usb not firewire, so I was out of topic from the beggining. Anyway thanx a lot for the reply

axelmangr

hugelmopf

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Registered: 2004-08-06

Posts: 71

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

hehe... np.

nbcjr

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From: BRAZIL!

Registered: 2004-12-04

Posts: 79

Re: Firewire problem - no /dev/raw1394

Well actually it was my mistake. I should use v4l and not the raw model. The webcam I have is usb not firewire, so I was out of topic from the beggining. Anyway thanx a lot for the reply

axelmangr

i also have  a usb webcam and can't configure kino to record from it...

please help someone