Hi Fons,
first of all thank you very much for the help !
>I sent this earlier, but it seemed to bounce.
Sorry, but I didnt got this message. It seems that it also not
exists in the mailinglist archive :-(
>I did not understand much from the description, because I have none of the
>hardware, nor software, but the following points look familliar:
>
>10. Select "open connection" in your terminal emulator. If everything is set
>right, the link should take a second or two to establish, and then Sloup
>will chime to announce the link is open.
>
>Is this a terminal emulator you can use on a serial cable to connect to a
>modem or another computer?
Yes, thats right. On the Newton runs a program called Sloup. This program
normally works over a standard serial connection (9600 Baud, 8N1). On
the Linux side I can use a standard terminal program as minicom.
>In this case you should configure IrCOMM (serial
>line emulation over IrDA), follow instructions in recent postings in the
>mailinglist. The howto seems outdated, because on 2.2.12 the major device
>muber is 161
>
>(from a recent post)
>; > Then I've added this to conf.modules and created the ircomm device:
>; > alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
>; > alias char-major-60 ircomm_tty
>; > mknod /dev/ircomm c 60 64
>; ^^^
>; Its char major 161
>
>or
>
>> reboot # very important step :-(
>> insmod irda; insmod irtty
>> insmod tekram # my IR dongle
>> irattach /dev/ttyS1 -d tekram # on ttyS1
>> insmod ircomm; insmod ircomm-tty
>> mknod /dev/irnine c 161 0 # largely undocumented feature (?)
>> # see also /proc/tty/drivers
>> irmanager -d 1
>> dip -t
>> port irnine
>> term
I tried both. No success. I have the same behaviour as before, the
Newton software tries to connect, but reached no communication.
>11. At this point, Sloup acts just like it's connected by a cable to the
>desktop machine. It can be used to send text to the newton (Notes,
>NewtWorks, Names, etc.) or get text from the Newton, as well as (apparently)
>graphics and sounds.
>
>Sounds like irobex, but could also be an special apple protocol to connect
>two machines over a (virtual) serial line. The word "cable" might also be
>misleading me.
>
>>I tried to set up the IrOBEX protocol as descibed in the Linux IR Howto:
>>http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/IR-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3,
>>but what is "load_misc irobex" ????
>>Is that a mistyping and he means insmod ? And unfortunately I cannot find a
>>module "irobex.o" in my modules directory.
>>Do you have some better informations how to set up the IrOBEX protocol ?
>
>This howto seems outdated, there is a newer one on Werner Heuser's (author)
>site.
>linux-irda is improving very fast, your best bet is to download recent mail
>archives from the mailinglist server, these contain the latest information.
>
>The irobex module does not exist any more for some time. obex is done
>entirely from userspace programs now. There is a gnome program "gnobex", but
>I do not use that myself a lot. You might try irobex_palm3 but then you need
>one of the attached patches (not both).
>I made diff-0.9.4-obex.txt but only tested it with irxfer.c which which is
>ment to communicate with windows, but should work for irobex_palm3. Pontus
>Fuchs made connect.c-patch which should work for irobex_palm3, but I have
>not tried it myself.
>The irobex_palm3 is a program written for the palm, but works also with most
>other IrOBEX devices.
I tried also both patches. Without success. My basic problem with obex
is that both programs, irobex_palm3 and irobex_receive end in a core
dump. I understand that the irobex module no longer exists, but are
there any other requirements for the obex prototocol, e.g. special
devices. And which modules must have been loaded for that protocol ?
Please apologize all the lot of question I have to you, but I see
no other chance to get it running without the help of the Linux-IrDA
experts.
Reinhold
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