Err, after replacing my (new) firewire cable my camera is recognized perfectly without any intervention.
Lesson learned always check your cable for the record my environment: asus pk5 premium, fw323, canon a1 xh, hardy, amd64 -- Firewire DV Camera not detected properlly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205583 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs