Re: firewire_ohci does not create devices in testing/jessie

[Sietse Achterop <s.achterop@rug.nl>]

On 03/23/2014 11:49 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 23 Mar 2014 at 10:35:46 +0100, Sietse Achterop wrote:
>
> > I am having trouble using my Sony camcorder with dvgrab. It is connected using a PCMCIA Firewire Notebook
> > Adapter from Belkin.
> > This is when using Testing/Jessie installed using the installer from March 16-th, so just a few
> > days before the alfa release of the installer.
> >
> > The problem is that the /dev/fw? devices are not created.
> > Why does that not happen, while the hardware seems to be recognised as shown by the logs, see below.
> > Also, the Sony camcorder recognizes the DV-interface when firewire cable is connected.
> >
> > It all worked perfectly under debian wheezy.
> >
> >    Is there a better way to debug this?
>
> I would install Wheezy, check the operation of the of the device, upgrade
> to Jessie and check again.
    Good advice.
It worked on this notebook under wheezy a few months ago. But now using a live-cd of wheezy (7.4) it
does not work anymore. Also, using the dualboot windows XP no device is recognized.
So I assume a hardware failure.
Thanks for the reply,
     Sietse