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From: d2clon <d2clon@×××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to active the irda into my laptop
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:38:33
Message-Id: 44F9E995.3000809@desarrolladores.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to active the irda into my laptop by Mick
1 hi:
2
3 Mick wrote:
4 > On Friday 01 September 2006 09:54, d2clon wrote:
5 >
6 >> :/ .. Its possible any damage on my irda chip?, The findchip doesn't
7 >>
8 >> find any thing¡
9 >>
10 >> I can not be sure if the irda chip is allright I never see it on.
11 >
12 > Sometimes you have to use setserial to assign your irda to a particular serial
13 > port. For example on my Compaq Evo N600c I have to run:
14 > ===================================================
15 > setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart none
16 > /sbin/modprobe smsc_ircc2
17 > irattach irda0 -s
18 > ===================================================
19
20 This is my sequence:
21 ------------------------------------------
22 biit ~ # setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart none
23 /dev/ttyS2: No such device or address
24 biit ~ # /sbin/modprobe smsc_ircc2
25 FATAL: Error inserting smsc_ircc2
26 (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/kernel/drivers/net/irda/smsc-ircc2.ko):
27 No such device
28 ------------------------------------------
29
30 When i execute the next sentence:
31 -------------------------------------------
32 biit ~ # irattach irda0 -s
33 -------------------------------------------
34
35 This is what appear into syslog:
36 -------------------------------------------
37 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: executing: '/sbin/modprobe irda0'
38 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: + FATAL: Module irda0 not found.
39 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: Trying to load module irda0 exited
40 with status 1
41 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: executing: 'echo biit >
42 /proc/sys/net/irda/devname'
43 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: executing: 'echo 1 >
44 /proc/sys/net/irda/discovery'
45 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: Starting device irda0
46 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device
47 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: Stopping device irda0
48 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device
49 Sep 2 21:53:04 localhost irattach: exiting ...
50 ----------------------------------------------
51
52 I have the irda module:
53 ----------------------------------------------
54 biit ~ # irattach irda -s
55 Could not get device name list.
56 ----------------------------------------------
57
58 >
59 > Does your dmesg show anything? e.g. mine shows:
60 > ===================================================
61 > found SMC SuperIO Chip (devid=0x0e rev=01 base=0x002e): LPC47N252
62 > ===================================================
63
64
65 This is my dmesg:
66 http://paste.lisp.org/display/25171
67
68 >
69 > Other laptops are more straight forward, but mine seems to be of the more
70 > difficult variety . . .
71 So mine. :)
72
73 Thanks
74 d2clon
75
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Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to active the irda into my laptop Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>