Raw devices problem

[Wolfgang Gill]

On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:56:48 +0000, Dan Haines wrote
> Since posting this, I have found a command called: testlibraw
> 
> When I ran this, I get a response of:
> 
> couldn't get handle: No such device or address
> This probably means that you don't have raw1394 support in the 
> kernel or that you haven't loaded the raw1394 module.
> 
> I then searched the net looking for similar problems, and came across
> this:
> 
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread/t-1700.html
> 
> I will give recompiling the kernel a go, and report back with my
> findings.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan
> 
> On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:36:03 +0000
> Dan Haines <dan.haines at metservice.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all.
> > 
> > Since upgrading to the 2.6 kernel, I am having the exact same problem
> > as this guy, word for word.  I have pasted the url, as there are
> > suggestions in the thread which have been tried by the user, and
> > myself, to no avail.  If anyone has any ideas, or information, please
> > post here!
> > 
> > http://www.webservertalk.com/message199531.html
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
<snip>

I had that problem too. (I have a digital camcorder that needs to use this
driver) The raw1394 module doen't install by default (for some reason). So I
simply added it to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file by inserting a 'modprobe
raw1394'. Now when I reboot the system it loads automatically.

Wolf
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