hi thanks all for replying.
both usb-irda and usb-ir load automatically usb-ir tells me to use /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 ok , i do: rmmod usb-ir usb-irda irda modprobe usb-irda irattach irda0 -s 1 irdadump hotsync ... it works !!! ( irdadump shows palm III Irobex .... ) thank you very much erez. Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 12:29:36PM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > Erez Doron wrote : > > > hi > > > > > > i have linux rh-7.0 with kernel 2.4.16 > > > I have installed KC-180-usb-irda and linux automatically identified it > > > and insmod the appropriate modules, telling me to use /dev/usb/ttyUSB0. > > > i tried to open minicom with different baud rates on /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 > > > but got no date in or out. ( note that without the irda device, I > > > couldn't have > > > opened /dev/usb/ttyUSB0, so that is the right device). > > > > > > after I upgraded to 2.4.17pre8, i could see data incoming on > > > /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 whenever I press hotsync on my palm III. > > > so i ran slattach on that device and echo 1 > > > > /proc/sys/net/irda/discovery. > > > irdadump showed me the discovery frames I sent to the palm, > > > but would not show me the frames i got from the palm > > > ( though the discovery cycle stoppped whenever i pressed hotsync). > > > note that tcpdump on irda0 gave the same as irdadump. > > > > > > can anyone help ? > > What module is getting loaded and telling you to use /dev/usb/ttyUSB0? > Is it the ir-usb driver or the irda-usb driver? It sounds like you want > to run the irda-usb and not the ir-usb driver. > > > Please ask the Linux-USB people, I'm not responsible for their > > mistakes and I can't fix them. The Linux-USB mailing list is at : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Once the USB people have fixed their config files, just use > > the standard procedure documented here : > > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/IrDA.html#config > > What config file problem? And what mistakes? :) > I know there is two usb drivers that try to claim the same IrDA USB > devices, but the Configure.help entry for the ir-usb driver tries to > explain this "problem". > > thanks, > > greg k-h > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IrDA mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pasta.cs.UiT.No/mailman/listinfo/linux-irda -- This message is for the designated recipient only, and will self destruct in 5 seconds, Please Duck beforehand. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel