Is IRDA supported in Slackware 10.2?

Swift&Smart · 02-27-2006, 06:01 AM

Hello,everyone!

I installed Slackware 10.2 on two computers.Right now,I would like to play around IRDA on my desktop.Is Slackware 10.2 supports IRDA?

Furthermore,how do I check whether it is supported in Slackware via command line?

Finally,my IRDA device is USB dongle,is there any difficulties to get it up and running?

Thanks a lot.Please drop me a line if you have any ideas.

pdw_hu · 02-27-2006, 02:26 PM

irda support isn't depended on distro. it's supported by the linux kernel itself. and yes you can use those (at least most of them).

Swift&Smart · 02-27-2006, 10:31 PM

pdw_hu,thanks for your reply.

However,I would like to ask whether my USB dongle irda is detected by the Slackware 10.2(Kernel 2.4.31).How do I know that?

Furthermore,if it's detected,how can I browse for the information of my device(which is a mobile phone,8210)?

I would be appreciated if you guys would drop me a line about this.

willysr · 02-28-2006, 01:36 AM

you can see it from the changelog :

Code:

cat /var/log/syslog | grep irda
cat /var/log/messages | grep irda

or you can try to install irda-utils from http://irda.sourceforge.net/

Swift&Smart · 02-28-2006, 03:18 AM

willysr,thanks for the reply.

I am not at home right now.But I would like to ask some questions. If,there are no information regarding IRDA in the changelogs,is it necessary for me to recompile the kernel?Or I can do it in an easier way?Compiling kernel takes quite a long time.

By the way,I have installed irda-utils from Slackware package.

P.S. In dmesg,I didn't notice any information regarding irda or usb (Because my IRDA is a USB dongle).

Thanks for your concern.

Swift&Smart · 03-05-2006, 11:29 PM

willysr,I have re-compiled my kernel to 2.6.15.5 last night.

Well,I have to include the irda as module load it after boot.When I see the message or dmesg,there are something like irda ....registered.However,I can't see there are any assigned device for my USB IrDA dongle like irda0.Is my device detected?Or it is not supported?

Please drop me a line if you have any ideas.Big thanks again.