Hi Mike You need the devices in /dev: /bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0 and/or /bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/video1394 c 172 0 is all I had to do to get it running. > ls -l /.dev/*1394* information.. > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 171, 32 Mar 31 16:35 /.dev/dv1394 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 171, 0 Feb 5 01:16 /.dev/raw1394 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 171, 16 Mar 31 16:38 /.dev/video1394 Cheers, Chris (Sorry for the PM, wrong button!)