> 1) Why did I need windows to change the port setting?
Linux IRQ sharing problems... A well known kernel problem, worse in recent
versions of the kernel.
> 2) Why can't I use irq 4 (nothing connected to ttyS0)
Same
> 3) Starting /etc/rc.d/init.d/irda reports :
> irattach: Sorry, dongle not supported yet!
> and will not run.
Exactly the SAME error messages I had in the past with my DELL notebook.
Read: Windows handle irq sharing way better than Linux. In fact, if you try
Windows IrDA on your Toshiba on IrDA port Com2, I bet it work more than
Ok...
Maybe someone have to report this to kernel list again (not me, I have
nothing to do with 1,000 messages per day lists :-))))))
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