[CS-FSLUG] Palm Sync SuSE 9.1

[Alvin Smith]

On Thursday 23 December 2004 04:18 pm, Alvin Smith wrote:
> Well, I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with SuSE 9.1 loaded. So far so good. Now
> I want to get IR sync working with my Palm M130.
>
> Using KPilot 4.4.1 configured with /dev/pilot synlinked to /dev/ircomm0,
> but cannot make a connection.
>
> My problem is related to IrDA not working.
>
> # rcirda start
> Starting IrDA         failed
>
> In /var/log/messages:
> irattach: tcgetattr: Input/output error
> irattach: Stopping device /dev/ttyS1
> irattach: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS): No such device
> irattach: exiting
>
> Anyone have IrDA working?

I take it that I am the only one on the list that has this concern.  So, what 
I will do then is try to find the solution and then contribute it to this 
list's archives for future reference.
-- 
peace,
Alvin Smith
http://www.shenlug.org