Extracted from bug #172105 comment #13 : I have tested my DV camcorder on FC development (post FC5test2), and here are the results : - Plug in the camcorder, dmesg says : ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0800460104142508] But no /dev/*1394* files get created, and only the default ohci1394 and ieee1394 are still loaded. - Manually modprobe raw1394, dmesg says : ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized And I now have the required /dev entry properly created : # ls -l /dev/*1394* crw------- 1 dude root 171, 0 Jan 24 23:54 /dev/raw1394 - From there dvgrab works! (so kino, cinelerra etc. should too) The problem here is that the raw1394 module wasn't loaded automatically when the camcorder was plugged in, so things won't go smoothly for end users. With a slight update : When I did the same "modprobe raw1394" today, the /dev/raw1394 file had an ownership of root:root and the same mode 600. Obviously, the owner should be the one logged in locally for things to work from the desktop. What is the proper solution here? For me this works : alias char-major-171-* raw1394 But do some devices needs video1394 instead? In FC4, the "<raw1394>=/dev/raw1394" and "<console> 0600 <raw1394> 0600 root" lines in 50-default.perms seem correct, but what about /dev/dv1394/* and /dev/video1394/*?
what about newest udev-084-12 ??
My test system still had 084-9 (IIRC) last night, and it still didn't work. I'll update it tonight and report back the result of the latest udev.
Much better! - Boot the system, log into GNOME - Check : No /dev/raw1394 present - Turn on the DV camera connected through firewire - Check : /dev/raw1394 got created!!! Next issue : The mode is 600 but the owner is root:root, so my logged in user still cannot use dvgrab to acquire video. I've looked at the default file in console.perms.d and the <raw1394> lines seem to indicate that it should work... but it most definitely doesn't. Any ideas what could be causing that? Is something more needed to get the device to belong to the GNOME user when it gets created?
Does # pam_console_apply /dev/raw1394 change anything?
Sorry for the long delay, I simply didn't have the need to dump any videos out of my camera until now. (and now is a good time to check that it will work in FC6) And... IT WORKS GREAT! I plugged in my DV camera to the firewire port, and dvgrab works. Only : Warning: Cannot set RR-scheduler Warning: Cannot disable swapping are printed, for being run as a non privileged user. I also opened Kino from the GNOME menu, and capture as well as seeking and displaying, work fine from there too, so users can now easily have a fully graphical experience when it comes to DV capture and editing! Thanks a lot.