Trouble getting lirc_sir to load

[Ben B. <in...@em...>]

First, the problem:  I start lircd and it complains about a missing
config file.  I don't think that's a problem...  But when I start
'mode2' to test it, I get this error:

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error opening /dev/lirc
mode2: No such device
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A quick '/sbin/lsmod' shows that lirc_sir has not been loaded, so I try
to manually load it, with these results:

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/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lirc_sir.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
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So, here's the history on the build:

I'm trying to get lirc_sir working with my ASL laptop (apparently the
same as a Dell Inspiron).  I'm running Slack 7.0.  I started by
rebuilding my kernel.  All I changed was in the "Character Devices"
section I changed "Standard/generic (dumb) serial support" from "Y" to
"M".  I then built and installed the kernel along with the new module.
(make bzImage, the lilo thing, make modules, make modules_install).

I verified with some quick tests with minicom and modprobe/lsmod/rmmod
that serial support was now truly modular. 

I built lirc using setup.sh and chose the 'sir' driver on 0x2f8 w/ IRQ
3.  That is correct, according to my system BIOS.  Yet I still get the
errors shown above.

Any diagnostic data I should be including here?

Thanks,
Ben

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