On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:56:52 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Justin Cormack wrote:
> >
> > > > Has anyone got the girbil working recently? I havent had any success since,
> > > > oh about 2.2.14 or so. Currently the built in irda (SIR) on my laptop is
> > > > fine, with 2.4.0-pre11, irda-utils-0.9.13, but if I try
> > > > irattach /dev/ttyS0 -d girbil -s I just get a tcsetattr: Invalid argument
> > > > error in the log, and then am unable to remove the girbil module.
> > >
> > > Seeing the message about multiple irda devices on the list, I tried with
> > > the onboard off, and it behaves a bit better. However even with discovery
> > > on the girbil never flashes its led, and it cant see any devices or vice
> > > versa. I also get a kernel oops when shutting down, from irattach.
> > >
> > > (have any developers got girbils? I could get you one...)
> >
> > I use one.
> >
> > Did you inmod the girbil module first?
>
> That doesnt make any difference.
>
> Doesnt irattach just modprobe it anyway?
No, irattach gives an ioctl to the device driver which tells
it to use the dongle driver in addition to the "normal" driver.
Do something like:
irattach /dev/ttyS1 -s -d girbil
BTW: I have the Girbil dongle, and I will try it later today when I'm
home from work.
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