ok... it turns out that dv1394 wasn't being created, it's there because I kicked it with $ sudo modprobe dv1394 like what's on the wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firewire
and
duncan@duncan-laptop:~$ grep FIREWIRE /boot/config-$(uname -r)
# CONFIG_FIREWIRE is not set
ok... it turns out that dv1394 wasn't being created, it's there because I kicked it with $ sudo modprobe dv1394 like what's on the wiki: https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ Firewire
and
duncan@ duncan- laptop: ~$ grep FIREWIRE /boot/config- $(uname -r)
# CONFIG_FIREWIRE is not set