Ok, now everything is almost setup as I wanted but one thing (well, actually one and a ha;f but... hmmm ... anyway).
I recently have been able to configure my two soundcards with alsa (thx to you guys) and connected to one of those sound cards is a Lacie Firewire DVD-RAM.
I have checked linux1394.com to know if something was missing and after checking lsmod
Code:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
sbp2 17100 0 (unused)
ppp_synctty 6016 0 (unused)
ppp_async 7552 1
ppp_generic 15452 3 [ppp_synctty ppp_async]
slhc 5040 0 [ppp_generic]
snd-pcm-oss 37860 0
snd-mixer-oss 12536 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
keybdev 1952 0 (unused)
mousedev 4244 1
hid 21156 0 (unused)
usbmouse 2008 0 (unused)
input 3200 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
snd-emu10k1 63012 4
snd-pcm 55880 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-timer 13572 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-hwdep 4836 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc 6324 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-util-mem 1136 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-ac97-codec 44476 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-rawmidi 12736 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 3872 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd 30340 2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3332 14 [snd]
emu10k1-gp 1352 0 (unused)
gameport 1452 0 [emu10k1-gp]
ohci1394 24200 0 (unused)
ieee1394 42436 0 [sbp2 ohci1394]
via-rhine 13552 1
mii 2304 0 [via-rhine]
crc32 2880 0 [via-rhine]
uhci 24496 0 (unused)
usbcore 58400 1 [hid usbmouse uhci]
pcmcia_core 40032 0
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 0 (unused)
I can see that sbp2, ohci1394 and ieee1394 are loaded. The only thing I don't know is how to check where the device is in /dev/.
I have slack 9.1 with Dropline Gnome and updated to /current/ with swaret.
Also, I have another problem that will surface if I do get it to be mountable. I need to format the DVD ram in fs that is compatible with both Linux and Mac. Anyone got an idea on wich to pick?