[PlanetCCRMA] fc6/7: new rt kernel; fc6/7: updated libgig

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 23:02 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 22:27 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 21:26 -0500, grae wrote:
> > > Hi Fernando,
> > > 
> > > I had some issues before trying to run firewire on fc7 and they were
> > > resolved by installing a libavc1394 and libraw1394 from
> > > ezplanet-updates repo.
> > > 
> > > After installing this new kernel my firewire again does not work with
> > > the same error message as before:
> > > 
> > > "Ieee1394Service::initialize: Could not get 1394 handle: No such file
> > > or directory
> > > Is ieee1394 and raw1394 driver loaded?"
> > 
> > Hmmm, sorry to hear about this happening again. 
> > 
> > The new kernel does not have any differences in terms of firewire
> > support, I'm still using the old firewire stack. 
> 
> I did the following in my laptop:
> 
> - I am running the new rt19 kernel, of course (i686)
> - rebuilt the libraw1394 and libavc1394 libraries in my build server
> - installed them
> - /sbin/modprobe raw1394
> - installed kino from livna
> - plugged in my dv camera
> - started kino and it was able to recognize the camera and record
> 
> I don't know if this is good news or bad news :-(
> (because it is not working for you)
> Maybe I should reboot and start from scratch to see if that makes a
> difference. 

Just to document it:
I rebooted and restated from scratch and everything worked again. 

And I just tested an Edirol FA 101 firewire soundcard with the freebob
Jack driver and it worked fine (rt19 + updated libraw and libavc). 

-- Fernando