[ubuntu-uk] digital camcorder

Adam Bagnall ajb35 at kent.ac.uk
Mon Dec 18 20:27:09 GMT 2006


norman wrote:
> Thanks for responding.
>
> < snip >
>   
>   
>> Are there any error messages appearing in Kino? You need the raw1394 
>> kernel module loaded with the correct permissions to grab from dv IIRC. 
>> Add raw1394 to
>>
>> /etc/modules
>>     
>
> Unless I am being stupid I cannot find /etc/modules but there
> is /etc/modutils. Please be kind enough to explain.
>   
>> then, in
>>
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules
>>
>> change the GROUP part of the line starting with KERNEL=="raw1394", to 
>> "video"
>>     
>
> This I have done.
>   
>> Editing both those files has to be done as root (using sudo). This 
>> solved all my problems.
>>
>> Adam.
>>
>>     
>
>
>   
sudo gedit /etc/modules

That should allow you to edit the file. If that file is empty then just 
type raw1394 on a line by itself and save the file.



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