On Monday 26 September 2005 21:54, Ramin M. wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Ramin M. wrote: > >> Thanks Ann for the response. My firewire card is detected too and > >> the firewire modules are all loaded (as far as i can say so after i > >> did a Google search on this). When i attach a firewire hard drive, i > >> think it is also even detected because i see a new device under > >> unknown devices. That´s it! Mandrake does not define it as a new hard > >> drive! It is not seen then! I did a google search and found out later > >> that i am having the very same error that some others have had with > >> this Belkin card, and those people were hackers, geeks who happen to > >> mention the problem but they do not give any solution for it! So i > >> guess, i can´t find any solution for the problem. > >> So i think seeing the firewire and loading the modules does not mean > >> it will work!! It really has to be checked with real firewire device. > >> > >> I will write here the error i get soon, maybe somebody here knows how > >> to solve the problem though this is not my main problem as i can > >> connect this hard drive via USB when i am in Linux. The important > >> thing is that i want my video capturing device work under Linux. I > >> know that this device works under Linux since it is a hardware > >> capturing device not software and people have used it under Linux > >> without any problem. > >> > >> Regards, Ramin > > > > What messages show up in the log when you plug in the drive? It could be > > that the drive is detected, but is not getting auto-mounted. I am not > > sure how well the auto-mount code in HAL on 2005LE works with Firewire > > drives. > > > > Mikkel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > > ____________________________________________________ > > I login as root and enter the command /var/log/messages > This is the outcome! > bash: /var/log/messages: Permission denie > > I change the permissions by > chmod a+rw /var/log/messages > > I still get permission denied?! > Use "tail -f /var/log/messages" without the quotes and "Ctrl C" to stop it, if need be.
"tail" is the command as would be "less" or "cat"..."/var/log/messages" is the file you want to read. -- Good luck, HarM
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