[irda-users] Toshiba Libretto 100CT

[Richard <ri...@sh...>]

Hi

Trying to understand how to troubleshoot my Libretto.  Kernel 2.4.18.  
Debian unstable downloaded from..

deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib

I did apt-get dist-upgrade from a Debian 3.0 r0 stable installation.


cat /proc/modules shows...

pcnet_cs                12676 1 
ds			6624  2
i82365			22384 2 
toshobe			7040  0 (unused)
irda			138764  (toshobe)
parport_pc		25672   (autoclean)

irattach /dev/ttyS1 -d toshobe -s reveals..
Sorry, dongle not supported yet !
Usage:  irattach <dev> [-d dongle] [-s] [-v] [-h]
Dongles supported:
esi
tekram
actisys
actisys+
girbil
litelink
airport
old_belkin
ep7211
mcp2120
act2001
ma600

setserial /dev/ttyS1 reveals ..
ttyS1, UART:  16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3

When I run irdadump the command line stands still. Nothing happens.  

The problem is that when the machine boots I get the following error 
message ...  "skipping i82365 module - edit /etc/discover.conf to 
re-enable".   What line should I add to discover.conf in order to get 
the i82365 module loaded at boot time ?

I've had a look at..

http://tuxmobil.org/Infrared-HOWTO/infrared-howto-s-configuration.html

the bit about /etc/modules.conf drew my attention.  Looking into this 
on my Debian based Libretto I can see that I have uncommented the part 
that says..

# FIR device drivers
options toshobe max_baud=9600  # mobile phone speeds
alias irda0 toshobe


is this the correct way to set up modules.conf ?  The other options are 
there as described in the howto. 

The main question is that is IRDA supported on this hardware ?  Reason 
I'm asking is because I am trying to understand whether the IRDA port 
is broken on this machine or is it that I am not understanding how to 
configure it properly.

Thanks


-- 
Richard
www.sheflug.org