I don't see in your /var/log/messages anything from inserting your dongle. I don't see any specific module that loads the dongle. "irda" module is *NOT* covering the USB dongles, for that there is ir-usb module, and I don't see anything on your messages that shows this loads at all..
I suggest you take a look here: http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/Infrared-HOWTO/infrared-howto-s-irda-usb.html Thanks, Hetz On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Omer Zak <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried dpkg-reconfigure irda-utils > Choosing serial device, it offers the default 'irda0' as serial device > file for IrDA. > For dongle type I tried both 'none', 'actisys', 'actisys+' (I read > somewhere that my dongle is 'actisys'). > > The command produces the following output: > =====> > # dpkg-reconfigure irda-utils > Stopping IrDA service: irattach. > .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV > invocation. > .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV > invocation. > > ************************************************************************ > * > * The update-modules command is deprecated and should not be used! > * > ************************************************************************ > > Starting IrDA service: irattach. > =====> > > In the /var/log/everything/current, I see the following messages: > =====> > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] executing: '/sbin/modprobe irda0' > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] + FATAL: Module irda0 not found. > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] Trying to load module irda0 exited with > status 1 > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] executing: 'echo c2 >> /proc/sys/net/irda/devname' > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] executing: 'echo 1 >> /proc/sys/net/irda/discovery' > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] Starting device irda0 > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] Stopping device irda0 > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device > Apr 14 00:30:32 [irattach] exiting ..._ > =====> > > The kernel does have the module 'irda' as the > file /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/net/irda/irda.ko > > The /etc/modules.conf file has (among lots of other stuff) the following > lines, and I don't know if and what to do with them: > =====> > options ali-ircc > alias irda0 ali-ircc > =====> > > In /etc/udev/rules.d I had an IrDA rule when I used Debian Sarge, but > the rule was removed for Debian Etch because IrDA worked out of the box > for me there. When reinstating the rule for Debian Lenny, the IrDA > dongle did not work for me. The rule which I tried was (or something > similar): > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="IRExpress USB IrDA Controller", > NAME=="usb/%k", SYMLINK+="usb/irda-usb" > > Of course, Google did not find for me anything relevant. > > --- Omer > > > On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 00:06 +0300, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >> Hi Omer, >> >> This could be from the "hotplug" script not knowing what to do with your >> dongle. >> >> My suggestion would be: >> >> 1. see whats your system writes to /var/log/messages >> 2. rmmod the module and modprobe it while the device is connected. By >> doing modprobe, it should do all the stuff needed (create device, show >> the device name in /var/log/messages) and show some status about it. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Hetz >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Omer Zak <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Using lsusb, the dongle in question identifies itself as: >> > ID 050f:0180 KC Technology, Inc. KC-180 IrDA Dongle >> > >> > When I used Debian Etch, the device /dev/irda0 was automatically created >> > and all worked out of the box. >> > >> > After upgrade to Debian Lenny, the udev-created device changed, due to >> > some mysterious reason, to /dev/ttyUSB0 and now the dongle does not work >> > out of the box (does not connect to my cellphone using 'ircp -r' unlike >> > in the Etch era). >> > >> > Does anyone know what changed and what&how to change so that it'll work >> > again? > > -- > Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C. Northcote Parkinson > My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
