Hey all,<br><br>When I make a list of all the hardware connected to my computer I have a problem with firewire devices:<br><br>I have an apple iSight plugged in and I get the following 2 devices in HAL:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.product
&nbsp; Unknown (0xffffffff)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.sysfs_path&nbsp; /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.4/fw-host0/000a27000402cae0/000a27000402cae0-0/000a27000402cae0-1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.vendor&nbsp; Unknown (0xffffffff)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.specifier_id
&nbsp; 41005<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.hotplug_type&nbsp; 1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.vendor&nbsp; Unknown (0xffffffff)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.parent&nbsp; /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_a27000402cae0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.guid&nbsp; 2857630787881696<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.sysfs_path_device
&nbsp; /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.4/fw-host0/000a27000402cae0/000a27000402cae0-0/000a27000402cae0-1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.bus&nbsp; ieee1394<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.product&nbsp; Unknown (0xffffffff)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.udi&nbsp; /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_a27000402cae0_0
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.version&nbsp; 258<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.product_id&nbsp; 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.subsystem&nbsp; ieee1394<br><br>&nbsp;---<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.product&nbsp; APPLE COMPUTER INC.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.sysfs_path&nbsp; /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.4/fw-host0/000a27000402cae0/000a27000402cae0-0
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.vendor&nbsp; APPLE COMPUTER INC.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.specifier_id&nbsp; 41005<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.hotplug_type&nbsp; 1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.vendor&nbsp; APPLE COMPUTER INC.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.parent&nbsp; /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10b9_5253<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.guid
&nbsp; 2857630787881696<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.sysfs_path_device&nbsp; /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.4/fw-host0/000a27000402cae0/000a27000402cae0-0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.bus&nbsp; ieee1394<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.product&nbsp; APPLE COMPUTER INC.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.vendor_id
&nbsp; 524295<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; info.udi&nbsp; /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ieee1394_guid_a27000402cae0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.version&nbsp; 258<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ieee1394.product_id&nbsp; 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux.subsystem&nbsp; ieee1394<br><br>Is HAL telling me that it doesn't know what the hell a isight is? is there not a standard way to get firewire device information such as product_id? This is a big problem for me because it means firewire devices will be ignored from my lists. broken.
<br><br>Best Regards, Martin Owens<br>