Motherboard Header problems

[Mythical <myt...@ba...>]

Hi,
   I am having trouble getting my motherboard IRDA header to work with
lirc-0.7.0, I have constructed an IRDA header using the jaycar kit
mentioned below. I know the header works using serial as when I connect
minicom to it and point a remote at it I get data. I can also transmit,
I used a handycam in nightvision mode to watch keypresses.

  I built lirc with the following options...  --enable-debug
--with-transceiver --with-driver=serial --with-port=0x3f8 --with-irq=4

  I load the serial module with 'modprobe lirc_serial' and the kernel sets
up a device /dev/lirc/0  ( i use devfs )

  I start lircd as '/usr/sbin/lircd -d /dev/lirc/0 -n ' and this connects
to the irda header fine.

  If I do 'irrecord -d /dev/lirc/0 myremote' with and without lircd
running  I get nothing, if I start lircd and do irw I get nothing.


 Does anone have any ideas as to where I could look or what I could try to
get this working ?


Thanks in advance

Ian NIcholls

PS.

OK... Some info about my setup...

Jaycar kit
http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5323&CATID=25&keywords=&SPECIAL=&form=CAT&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=432

Hardware:
  Shuttle SN41G
     Athlon 1800XP, 512MB, leadtek A180 MyViVo video/capture card.

Software:
  gentoo linux.
  Kernel 2.4.25