Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-22 Thread Tobias Hunger
On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 11:34, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k > seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one > to be used. > > However, for some reason I can't get the module to load correctly on the > first at

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-22 Thread Tobias Hunger
On Mit, 2002-03-20 at 11:34, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k > seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one > to be used. > > However, for some reason I can't get the module to load correctly on the > first a

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
Hein Roehrig wrote: > Ok, I tried again several combinations and no matter what I do, IR > stops functioning (as indicated by irdadump) as soon as I modprobe > maestro3. What I did is change the IR port to FIR and COM4, remove any > lines in /etc/serial.conf, boot with/without apm and maestro3. My

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
Hein Roehrig wrote: > Ok, I tried again several combinations and no matter what I do, IR > stops functioning (as indicated by irdadump) as soon as I modprobe > maestro3. What I did is change the IR port to FIR and COM4, remove any > lines in /etc/serial.conf, boot with/without apm and maestro3. My

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 17:01, Robert Waldner wrote: > On the I8100, rebooting is just fine. I guess at least with 2.4.18 on i8000 it is too. Well, why should anyone want to boot the thing anyway? > BTW, the changes I spoke of (diff -u), credits Christian Mock: > .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. > smc-ircc.cm s

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:28:34 +0100, Hein Roehrig wrote: > Er, stupid question: your summary seems to indicate that IR keeps > working when the maestro3 driver is loaded (as long as the maestro3 > driver is loaded after irtty.) > > On my 8100 with 2.4.18, SIR in BIOS on COM2, things stop functioning

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 18:18, Frank Trenkamp wrote: [on module loading order] > However, with kernel 2.4.18 this problem just disappeared. A good soul named > Michal Ceresna (his credits here) sent me a patch as feedback to an > installation report I published via www.linux-on-laptop.net: > > Tha

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 16:58, Joris wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:09:32PM +0200, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 14:43, Robert Waldner wrote: > To whoever posted about that meastro3 module loading after irda stuff, my > thousandfold thanks! > > I belive this is the key why I

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 16:09, I wrote: > When you have successfully set this up, you can start using software > that works with irda. The device to use is /dev/ttyS3. Remember, in > Debian, the serial ports are owned by the dialout group. In order to > allow use of such a port to a user, add the use

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 17:01, Robert Waldner wrote: > On the I8100, rebooting is just fine. I guess at least with 2.4.18 on i8000 it is too. Well, why should anyone want to boot the thing anyway? > BTW, the changes I spoke of (diff -u), credits Christian Mock: > .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. > smc-ircc.cm

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:28:34 +0100, Hein Roehrig wrote: > Er, stupid question: your summary seems to indicate that IR keeps > working when the maestro3 driver is loaded (as long as the maestro3 > driver is loaded after irtty.) > > On my 8100 with 2.4.18, SIR in BIOS on COM2, things stop functionin

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 18:18, Frank Trenkamp wrote: [on module loading order] > However, with kernel 2.4.18 this problem just disappeared. A good soul named > Michal Ceresna (his credits here) sent me a patch as feedback to an > installation report I published via www.linux-on-laptop.net: > > Th

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 16:58, Joris wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:09:32PM +0200, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 14:43, Robert Waldner wrote: > To whoever posted about that meastro3 module loading after irda stuff, my > thousandfold thanks! > > I belive this is the key why

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:28:34 +0100, Hein Roehrig writes: >Er, stupid question: your summary seems to indicate that IR keeps >working when the maestro3 driver is loaded (as long as the maestro3 >driver is loaded after irtty.) The question is _not_ stupid. And yes, on my I8100, it continues work

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 16:09, I wrote: > When you have successfully set this up, you can start using software > that works with irda. The device to use is /dev/ttyS3. Remember, in > Debian, the serial ports are owned by the dialout group. In order to > allow use of such a port to a user, add the us

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > On the 8100 the problem is that the maestro3-module mustn't be loaded > when modprobe'ing irda-stuff. It even mustn't habe been loaded since > last boot. If you load the irda-stuff prior to maestro3, there's no > problem at all. it was exactly the same for me (was time-consuming to figur

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:28:34 +0100, Hein Roehrig writes: >Er, stupid question: your summary seems to indicate that IR keeps >working when the maestro3 driver is loaded (as long as the maestro3 >driver is loaded after irtty.) The question is _not_ stupid. And yes, on my I8100, it continues wor

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > On the 8100 the problem is that the maestro3-module mustn't be loaded > when modprobe'ing irda-stuff. It even mustn't habe been loaded since > last boot. If you load the irda-stuff prior to maestro3, there's no > problem at all. it was exactly the same for me (was time-consuming to figu

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On 20 Mar 2002 16:09:32 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >> #include >#include ;) <...> >Notes: >- Only works with SIR so far, so you won't get the 4 megabits-per-second > speeds of FIR (Fast InfraRed). SIR is serial speed, so 115200 bps. >- Kernel: Linux 2.4.18. <...> ...and 2.2.20, at least.

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 14:43, Robert Waldner wrote: > > #include #include > Well, I don't have any FIR-capable device to test against, so it's > somewhat pointless for me. Figures. It's not critical for me either, I'd just like to sort the thing out just in case I ever have a real need for it

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On 20 Mar 2002 16:09:32 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >> #include >#include ;) <...> >Notes: >- Only works with SIR so far, so you won't get the 4 megabits-per-second > speeds of FIR (Fast InfraRed). SIR is serial speed, so 115200 bps. >- Kernel: Linux 2.4.18. <...> ...and 2.2.20, at least

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
#include On 20 Mar 2002 14:35:50 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >> I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: >> irtty 7340 2 (autoclean) >> irda 129241 1 (autoclean) [irtty] > >Ok, so you're not using the smc-ircc module at all? I don't. >It may

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:57, Robert Waldner wrote: > I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: > irtty 7340 2 (autoclean) > irda 129241 1 (autoclean) [irtty] Ok, so you're not using the smc-ircc module at all? It may very well be impossible to get FIR

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 14:43, Robert Waldner wrote: > > #include #include > Well, I don't have any FIR-capable device to test against, so it's > somewhat pointless for me. Figures. It's not critical for me either, I'd just like to sort the thing out just in case I ever have a real need for i

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On 20 Mar 2002 12:34:28 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k >seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one >to be used. I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: irtty 7340 2 (auto

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
#include On 20 Mar 2002 14:35:50 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >> I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: >> irtty 7340 2 (autoclean) >> irda 129241 1 (autoclean) [irtty] > >Ok, so you're not using the smc-ircc module at all? I don't. >It may

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:57, Robert Waldner wrote: > I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: > irtty 7340 2 (autoclean) > irda 129241 1 (autoclean) [irtty] Ok, so you're not using the smc-ircc module at all? It may very well be impossible to get FI

Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one to be used. However, for some reason I can't get the module to load correctly on the first attempt. By doing two successive modprobes, the module is loaded.

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On 20 Mar 2002 12:34:28 +0200, Fabian Fagerholm writes: >I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k >seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one >to be used. I'm writing this on an 8100. `lsmod|grep ir`: irtty 7340 2 (aut

Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-20 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and a slight problem with irda. The i8k seems to have an SMC irda chip, and thus the smc-ircc module is the one to be used. However, for some reason I can't get the module to load correctly on the first attempt. By doing two successive modprobes, the module is loaded.