Hi. I'll appreciate if someone from the list has experienced the same problems to install infrared support in W98 as me during the last two weeks and has a valid suggestion (<>format c:). The infrared port is associated with second mobo uart (COM3/IRQ4); I know it works since: -The SMC routines suggested on the Linux IR-HOWTO produce visible light on the tx diode (seems the diode design is also send visible led light). -On Linux I installed IrDA support, and also see visible light on the tx diode. I have no other infrared PC, so I only can see it begins to work if seeing led light or voltage increase on the tx pin. I don't belong to the list, so I would appreciate an email. The symptoms in W98 have been varied (could be everything is messed now), but I never got light on the tx diode, nor voltage increase on the tx pin. Usually you don't see the infrared icon on the task bar, although sometimes it was there. I also tried with another disk with an almost empty W98 installation and got light, but unexpectedly it stopped appearing, and there appeared a message saying "another infrared device is there". At the present moment, with the complete installation disk, it refuses to keep installed the Microsoft Fast IR Protocol (even its installation proceeds normally), the infrared icon does not appear on the task bar (although removing it and putting it again you can see it) and there is no light or voltage. The Asus TX97 mobo has a Winbond 83877AF super i/o chip. I am using Asus IRM-100 module (a small PCB board (4 cm)x(4 cm) with the tx/rx diodes and some discrete components). Greetings, Javier Vizcaino. P.D. The PC is MMX200 (switchable at 3x75 or 3x83) on Asus TX97 mobo (Intel TX chipset), 96 MB, 4 GB (mobo primary IDE IRQ14), sound ISA AWE32 (IRQ7, cuaternary IDE IRQ10 with CD 4X), CDROM 24X (mobo secondary IDE IRQ15), diskettes 1.44 and 1.2 (mobo, IRQ6), 4 COM's (COM2/IRQ3 and COM3/IRQ4 on mobo, COM1/IRQ9 and COM4/IRQ5 on ISA card), 3 LPT's (monochrome, mobo, ISA card), main VGA PCI Elsa Victory Erazor (4 MB, Riva 128, IRQ11), second VGA PCI S3 Virge, ISA monochrome adaptador, PS/2 mouse (mobo, IRQ12), USB mouse (IRQ11), standard and USB keyboards, PCI lan card NE2000 type (chip Realtek 8029AS, IRQ11), bootable with lilo on the MBR in W98 (FAT32), NT4-SP4 (NTFS) or Linux 2.2.5. Only in W98 second VGA (S3) and USB devices are supported, but interrupt sharing works, as well as in NT4. In Linux, with 'mdacon', I have a couple of virtual sessions on the monochrome. There are two color monitors and a monochrome one. Assignable IRQ's: COM1/IRQ9, COM2/IRQ3, COM4/IRQ5, sound/IRQ7, COM3/IRQ4, IDE4/IRQ10, lan-graphics-USB/IRQ11 (PCI sharing), PS/2 mouse/IRQ12, IDE1/IRQ14, IDE2/IRQ15. I plan to add other IDE disk, an internal IDE Zip, a CDRW and a DVD, taking out the CD 4X, and totalling six IDE devices. The case is a semitower with three 5"1/4 bays. The CD/CDRW/DVD/1.2 floppy will total four, so the 1.2 floppy, seldom used, is accessed at the back of the PC (I cut the case and managed to fix the floppy). As said, infrared support on mobo ************************************ Javier Vizcaino. Ability Electronics. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.automodelismo.com http://ability53.hypermart.net Starting point: (-1)^(-1) = -1 Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1) Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing: -1 = 1 (ln(-1) is complex, but exists) ************************************ Javier Vizcaino. Ability Electronics. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.automodelismo.com http://ability53.hypermart.net Starting point: (-1)^(-1) = -1 Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1) Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing: -1 = 1 (ln(-1) is complex, but exists) _______________________________________________ Linux-IrDA mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pasta.cs.UiT.No/mailman/listinfo/linux-irda
