Public bug reported: After Installing Dapper at an Thinkpad T23 IRDA works, however the devices in /dev/ are missing to establish for example a serial connection via irda.
Solution: Create the devices by hand: # sudo mknod /dev/ircomm0 c 161 0 However this needs to be done after every reboot of ubuntu. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- IRDA-Devices are not created by default (ircomm: 161-0 https://launchpad.net/bugs/51779 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs