10.5.7 Firewire issues?

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  1. J the Ninja, May 27, 2009

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    The fact that this started not long after 10.5.7 may be a coincidence, but I suspect it isn't.

    Ever since the update, my machine has occasional spurts of Firewire simply not working. It still shows up in System Profiler, but neither my external drive or my camcorder will actually connect using it. The only way I have found to clear it is a reboot. Anybody else experiencing this, or want to give me some help?
     
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  2. Jethryn Freyman, May 27, 2009

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    Haven't seen that here.

    Have you tried:

    Code:
    sudo ifconfig fw0 down
sudo ifconfig fw0 up
    ?
     
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  3. J the Ninja, May 27, 2009

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    Doing the first one will not give me my prompt back.
     
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  4. MotleyPete, May 27, 2009

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    Mine seem to be fine.

    My first thoughts would be a dodgy cable, but I'm sure you've already checked for that.
     
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