I'd guess this is outdated in latest releases as new firewire drivers have replaced dv1394 and raw1394 - however with 11.10 I wasn't able to make firewire run so I marked as being affected by this bug.
see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firewire -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576951 Title: dvgrab capture failure (miniDV) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libraw1394/+bug/576951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs