Just following up on my own message ... I've now fixed it!

Contrary to the IRDA-Howto on connecting to WinCE machines, I've had to set
"nocrtscts" rather than "crtscts".

D>

David Gurr wrote:

> I've followed the various instructions for getting my Linux machine to
> talk to my WinCE handheld over IrDA.
>
> The irattach goes fine, and I get an irda0 interface reported by
> ifconfig.
>
> Starting ppp seems to go fine, and the chat script completes. With pppd
> debug enabled, the /var/log/messages file then shows "Serial connection
> established" but then goes no further. The next message should be "Using
> interface ppp0" but this never comes.
>
> I *can* connect to the same WinCE device over a serial link on
> /dev/ttyS0 with no problems, with an almost identical pppd startup
> script.
>
> What's happening here ? Why can't I get PPP running over IrDA to my
> handheld ?
>
> The relevant files are attached:
>     ce.up - the startup script
>     ppp.chat.ce - the chat script
>
> --
> David Gurr                                WWW: http://www.sco.co.uk
> SCO UK & Ireland
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/ppp/ppp-up
>
> # ppp-script for WinCE
> #
> #
> # Debugging is turned on, turn it of after the first successful connections
> #
> CHATDEBUG="-v -V"
> DEBUG="debug"
> #CHATDEBUG=
> #DEBUG=
>
> device=/dev/ircomm0
> pppflags="9600 crtscts noauth local 192.168.55.101:192.168.55.100 ms-dns 
>150.126.14.2"
>
> #
> # start the ppp daemon
> #
>              /usr/sbin/pppd lock $DEBUG \
>                      connect "/usr/sbin/chat $CHATDEBUG -f /etc/ppp/ppp.chat.ce" \
>                      $device $pppflags
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> TIMEOUT 3600
> "CLIENT"        "CLIENT\c"
> ""              "SERVER\c"

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