Comment 30 for bug 670210

Has anyone been able to make any progress on this? I have the same problem, can't capture video over firewire.

Some details:

rhk@studio:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

rhk@studio:~$ uname -a
Linux studio 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 17:23:00 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

rhk@studio:~$ lspci|grep 1394
05:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx]

rhk@studio:~$ lsmod|grep firewire
firewire_ohci 40722 0
firewire_core 63626 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core

rhk@studio:~$ cat /var/log/kern.log |grep firewire
Jan 31 16:24:39 studio kernel: [ 2.109119] firewire_ohci 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Jan 31 16:24:39 studio kernel: [ 2.164108] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:01.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
Jan 31 16:24:39 studio kernel: [ 2.664299] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0011d80000e0f4a8, S400
Jan 31 17:42:18 studio kernel: [ 2.128854] firewire_ohci 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Jan 31 17:42:18 studio kernel: [ 2.184110] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:01.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
Jan 31 17:42:18 studio kernel: [ 2.684135] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0011d80000e0f4a8, S400
Jan 31 17:59:06 studio kernel: [ 2.228929] firewire_ohci 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Jan 31 17:59:06 studio kernel: [ 2.284091] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:01.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
Jan 31 17:59:06 studio kernel: [ 2.784157] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0011d80000e0f4a8, S400
Jan 31 18:41:38 studio kernel: [ 2563.803877] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 18:41:39 studio kernel: [ 2564.300055] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 18:47:53 studio kernel: [ 2937.868381] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 18:47:53 studio kernel: [ 2938.368041] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 19:01:02 studio kernel: [ 3727.450960] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 19:01:03 studio kernel: [ 3727.948041] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 19:04:11 studio kernel: [ 2.092987] firewire_ohci 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Jan 31 19:04:11 studio kernel: [ 2.148089] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:01.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
Jan 31 19:04:11 studio kernel: [ 2.648138] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0011d80000e0f4a8, S400
Jan 31 19:06:59 studio kernel: [ 2.133042] firewire_ohci 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Jan 31 19:06:59 studio kernel: [ 2.188092] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:05:01.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x2
Jan 31 19:06:59 studio kernel: [ 2.688140] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 0011d80000e0f4a8, S400
Jan 31 19:22:15 studio kernel: [ 928.770986] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 19:22:16 studio kernel: [ 929.268036] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:16:53 studio kernel: [ 7806.669864] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:16:53 studio kernel: [ 7807.168036] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:20:52 studio kernel: [ 8045.446735] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:20:52 studio kernel: [ 8045.944041] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:21:07 studio kernel: [ 8060.499409] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:21:07 studio kernel: [ 8060.996048] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:22:04 studio kernel: [ 8117.930707] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:22:05 studio kernel: [ 8118.428044] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:32:18 studio kernel: [ 8731.244621] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:32:18 studio kernel: [ 8731.744035] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:36:41 studio kernel: [ 8994.677964] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:36:41 studio kernel: [ 8995.176044] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0
Jan 31 21:37:33 studio kernel: [ 9046.651782] firewire_core: skipped bus generations, destroying all nodes
Jan 31 21:37:33 studio kernel: [ 9047.148043] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0

rhk@studio:~$ dvgrab
Error: no camera exists

Camera: Sony HDR-HC9