Re: lirc and the nforce2 chipset...

Bump.

Does this hardware setup at least sound familiar or make sense to people? It sounds like it should be a straightforward install- I just feel like I'm missing some detail here. Should I pick up an easier alternative? If so, what?

Thanks!

On 2/12/06, John Brooks <iresprite-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, all. So I'm continuing to try and get lirc working on my system. I have a mobo with the nforce2 chipset. I took a step back to see what else I could find, and it says this about Onboard Serial Port 2:
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This item allows you to determine which i/o address the onboard serial port 2 controller will access. These options are available:
Disabled
3f8/IRQ4
2f8/IRQ3
3e8/IRQ4
2e8/IRQ3
Auto

The default setting is 2f8/IRQ3.
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Then it lists settings regarding the irDA features. Now, I have a Actisys IR210L adapter that attaches to the pins on the motherboard. I have assumed up to this point that I want to use the lirc_sir driver, but I don't know for sure. Should I be using lirc_serial instead? I still can't get a hold of the ir port-- irda-utils and irda-setup seem to grab it at startup according to fuser; even when I nkill the job to free up the device (/dev/ttyS1), I have to use setserial uart none /dev/ttyS1 (though I've also head this makes the port unusable- can someone clear this up for me?) in order to be able to install the module.

I just can't seem to get this working, and I feel sort of lost.  Any help would be appreciated.

Peace,
Jack.