Comment 7 for bug 462453

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hendeby (hendeby) wrote : Re: [Bug 462453] Re: libdc-1394-22 gives "libdc1394 error: Failed to initialize libdc1394" when loaded.

Viktors Petrovs wrote:
> Have similar problem on Ubuntu 9.10 with latest updates.
> Found solution:
>
> There is no file /dev/raw1394 (driver is not loaded)!
>
> $ sudo modprobe raw1394
>
> After this check your permissions on device /dev/raw1394
> You must have rw access to this device!
> For me it looks like:
>
> $ ls -la /dev/raw1394
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root root 171, 0 2009-10-30 11:34 /dev/raw1394
>
> On my Ubuntu 9.04 system this looks like:
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root disk 171, 0 2009-10-30 11:34 /dev/raw1394
>

Thank you! This solves my problem. Any idea why raw1394 isn't loaded?
 I would expect it to be by default.

/Gustaf