I just got it working with my palm and the only other thing I did
different from you was type:
ifconfig irda0 up
you may also need to verify that the serial module gets loads after the
irda modules.
I am VERY new to this, but this was my experience. Good Luck.
-Darren
On 17 Apr 2001 15:57:54 +0200, Alessandro Tommasi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> before resorting to mailing this list, I have read
> all the documentation I could find. What happened, is
> that when I had installed RH6.0 on my laptop, with
> the defualt kernel and setup, everything worked
> fine. On my laptop, the infrared port is attached
> to /dev/ttyS1, therefore an 'irattach /dev/ttyS1'
> enabled terminal communication through /dev/irnine.
>
> I have not been using the infrared port for a long time,
> and now, with RH7.0, kernel 2.2.17-14, irda utils 0.9.10,
> I cannot seem to get it to work anymore. I have followed
> the irnine => ircomm transition, as well as the '_' to
> '-' change in ircomm-tty.
>
> My /etc/modules conf reads:
>
> alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
> alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty
>
> My /dev/ircomm? devices are all set to the proper
> major and minor chars, as from HOWTOs (160, 0-1 etc.)
> My /etc/irda/drivers shows an 'irattach /dev/ttyS1'
> on the start section.
>
> When I type 'irattach /dev/ttyS1', I am supposed to
> get terminal access to the port via /dev/ircomm0,
> right? All the module stack seems to load alright:
> ircomm-tty, ircomm, irtty, irda.
>
> Is there anything wrong with this? All I want is to talk
> to my cellphone via the infrared port. Assuming I have
> the proper devices, and /etc/modules conf is properly
> configured, an irattach /dev/ttyS1 should do, right?
>
> If the problem seems to be elsewhere, I will post
> more complete descriptions of logs and kernel
> messages.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- ale.
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