this is what I've got so far... I did the apt-get install irda-common irda-tools I commented out all but the following lines in /etc/modutil/irda alias tty-ldisk-11 irtty alias char-major-60 ircomm-tty (i have 2.2.19 kernel) (I removed all the 'dongles') options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09 alias irda ndc-ircc I had not /dev/ir* devices so I created some mknod /dev/ircomm0 c 161 0 mknod /dev/ircomm1 c 161 1 edited /etc/irda.conf to change DISCOVERY=-s ENABLE=yes ran /etc/init.d/irda start and syslog says: executing: '/sbin/modprobe irda0' nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x2e nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattle) nsc-ircc_open(), can't get iobase of 0x2f8 + /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc/nsc-ircc.o: init_module: Device or resource busy + /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc/nsc-ircc.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc/nsc-ircc.o failed This repeats twice and that's about all she wrote. lsmod shows irda, ircomm, ircomm-tty all loaded. I checked, and I do have the nsc-ircc.o module in the /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc directory. irdadump -i /dev/ircomm0 (or ircomm1) both result in: ioctl: No such device syslog: modprobe: Can't locate module /dev/ircommX I'm close, but I'm feeling kind of stupid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]