Comment 56 for bug 6290

This is terrible... I am not an expert what so ever, but I have choosen to run linux, as a alternative to Windows. I am looking for a SIMPLE download fix, so that I can capture movies through firewire. If linux continues to be so complicated, it will NEVER, be a alternative for the normale user. I can see that it is a safety issue, but for me we are talking about a SONY Videocamera and a cable to plug in to the computer. ( I would be better to advice me during installation, that LINUX do NOT support firewire port.

I am running Ubunto 9.10, and Kino 1.3.3 (Kino is an IEEE 1394 DV non-linear video editor.
http://www.kinodv.org/) using a Sony DCR-HC42E PAL

My error code is "raw1394 kernel module not loaded or failure to read/write /dev/raw1394"
I must use the command "sudo chmod a+rw /dev/raw1394" everytime, but the biggest problem is actually that I have to plugin the camera to use the program. So when i have copied all the scenes to the computer, you can work and edit the scenes without having the camera installed. But when you want to export it to example mpeg or what ever, you cant the following error "Error setting the IEEE 1394 port (host adaptor)"

So the fact that I went from windows to Linux was the free software, but as I can see here, this problem has been there for around 4 years now!!!!!!

Best regards Robert, Denmark