If this is still unresolved for you, please post the output from the following commands while the camcorder is connected and switched on:
grep -e 1394 -e firewire /proc/interrupts
ls /sys/bus/{ieee1394,firewire}/devices/
dmesg
lsmod
ls -l /dev/{raw1394,fw}*
If this is still unresolved for you, please post the output from the following commands while the camcorder is connected and switched on:
grep -e 1394 -e firewire /proc/interrupts
ls /sys/bus/ {ieee1394, firewire} /devices/
dmesg
lsmod
ls -l /dev/{raw1394,fw}*