[ubuntu-uk] digital camcorder

[norman]

On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 20:27 +0000, Adam Bagnall wrote:
> 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.

> 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.

Followed your instructions and, sure enough, there was the file with
some entries, so I added raw1394. Then I rebooted but, I am sorry to
say, I still get the following error on selecting capture:-

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

Thanks for your help. so far, but I am puzzled.

Norman