Re: device files not created

[Clemens L. <cl...@la...>]

Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> I've run into a really annoying issue on Ubuntu 12.04: the FireWire
> device files are not created, even though the device is attached and
> is powered from the FireWire cable.
>
> $ lspci
> 05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Reply Group Device 3044 (rev 46)

"Reply Group"      = 1006
"VIA Technologies" = 1106

1106:3044 would be the VT6306 controller.

One of the PCI data lines is broken.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the Ubuntu version.


Regards,
Clemens