On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Lee and All
>
> > use MAKEDEV to create the the files in /dev
> > cd /dev
> > ./MAKEDEV irda
>
> Says ..... ./MAKEDEV: major_usbacm%d=166: command not found.
>
> Wot next ?
Ok, so lets do it by hand
(of course you have to be root to do the following)
# cd /dev
# mknod ircomm0 c 161 0
# mknod ircomm1 c 161 1
# mknod irlpt0 c 161 16
# mknod irlpt1 c 161 17
so you have created all the devices you need
next give these devices the appropriate permissions (man chmod) = write
permission for the users that should be able to use IR
next to /etc/irda.conf: are you sure youre using debian? :-) because on my
laptop the /etc/irda/ directory doesnt exist (its also a 2.2r3). instead i have
the _file_ /etc/irda.conf which looks like this (may depend on the irda-version you
use)
<BOF>
IRDADEV=/dev/ttyS1 #obviously my emulated serial port
DONGLE=none #its an internal IR-port
DISCOVERY=-s #the laptop should search for devices in range
ENABLE=yes #original comment: 'if you don't need to start
#irattach, set to "no"'
<EOF>
i dont know what the last does exactly, but it works for me set to 'yes'
other points that came to my mind:
? if using modules you have all the necessary modules in the kernel
(check with lsmod and mail output), if not using modules, everything
necessary compiled in
? the IR-port is activated/configured correctly in the BIOS
! read the IR-Howto, it might answer some questions
good luck
wolfgang
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