Re: Loss of DV camera via firewire
User1001 <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.firewire |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
User1001 wrote: > Somewhere between recent FBSD-6.2 OS & kernel updates, ports updates, HAL > updates/installations - I have lost connectivity to a miniDV camera that I was > able to access and download a DV stream from, back on June 29, 2007. > > fwcontrol shows two "nodes" when the DV camera is turned on, but "fwcontrol -R" > fails to receive any DV data from the camera when it is in playback mode. > > gdvrecv is unable to "locate" the camera, whereas before it did. > > Reinstalls of gdvrecv and python2.4 have not made any difference. Ktrace is > unable to show anything useful. Making changes suggested in fwcontrol MANual > page (following) made no difference. > > sysctl hw.firewire.try_bmr=0 > fwcontrol -r > > The firewire card is the IOGEAR GUF320. Hmmm - it appears that "it is back"?!!? Perhaps it was just a loose IEEE1394 cable? Perhaps it was just a malfunctioning camera? Maybe it was just the sequence in which I initiated everything and then crossed my fingers? The camera was running off of its AC adapter so it sure wasn't a problem with power. SIGH! _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-firewire To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"