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Julian Hall wrote: > tail: error reading `/var/log/syslog': Is a directory > tail: /var/log/syslog: cannot follow end of this type of file; giving That was unexpected, I am use to syslog being the main system log. May by they have just placed the log in a syslog sub dir? It also appears that the log is not very verbose by default but canbe changed by http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=25665&sid=ca583d78d62253cdbe8a4d7cef4b1cf2 > > dmesg is long - I'll try to snip as much of what looks irrelevant to me :) Yes it is, its in time order most recent event at the bottom dmesg | tail will be slightly more graceful inly showing some of the most recent entries. On some systems you can also cat /proc/kmsg to see the new entries only as they are added to the kernel message ring buffer. > > NATALIE:/home/julian# dmesg nothing firewire related in that first dmesg log, its not seeing the external drive at all. A bit odd it should at least acknowledge a firewire device even if it dosn't then know what to do. >>>> 2. More difficult probably. I have a Dazzle DV Bridge for A/V > This added to the end of the previous dmesg when I plugged the Dazzle in: > > ieee1394: Current remote IRM is not 1394a-2000 compliant, resetting... > ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0003f30000005f96] > ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 > ieee1394: unsolicited response packet received - no tlabel match > ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized This looks better, the firewire has at least enumerated so then the higher level driver can take over (if present) > > I figured lsmod may be useful to show you as well (snipped for > relevancy again): > > Module Size Used by > raw1394 31724 0 > dv1394 21068 0 > ohci1394 33924 1 dv1394 > ieee1394 318772 3 raw1394,dv1394,ohci1394 This can be misleading I don't think it shows any userspace dependence on modules only internal kernel modules dependence on each other. That dv1394 looks promising but nothing in dmesg so it suggest that it did not recognise the device other wise you would have seen (maybe?) some "dv1394: Adding /dev/dv" or something suggesting operation. Are there any specific drivers for the Dazzle thing? Regards -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk
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