1394 - DV problems

Hi all, i'm trying to get my DV camera ( jvc gr-DVL9500 )to work on 64 studio. i booted up the machine with it plugged in ad X.org froze solid!! i had to hard shutdown three times and then i thought i'd better unplug the thing. Kino preferences dialogue says i need to load the raw1394 module, and grant access to /dev/raw1394. any clue how i ought to do this?? thanx- dav=-0