Indeed there was no /dev/irframe0.  MAKEDEV is my friend.  Thanks for
the help, much appreciated.

-russ

Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net> writes:

> Russell McManus wrote:
> 
> >Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >>Do you have the /dev/irframe0 device node?
> >>
> >
> >I'm not in front of my i386 machine at the moment, so I can't check in
> >/dev right now.  I'll check when I get home tonight.
> >
> >But I suspect that this might be the problem.  What mknod command
> >should I run to create one if it's not there?
> >
> How about MAKEDEV irframe0?
> 
> >
> >>Do you have IrDA support in the kernel?
> >>
> >
> >I'm using GENERIC_LAPTOP, but I don't have access to the
> >GENERIC_LAPTOP config file at the moment.  But I strongly suspect that
> >I do have it compiled into the kernel because irdaattach worked, and
> >I saw the following in the dmesg output:
> >
> >  irframe0: SIR
> >  irframe0 attached at tty00
> >
> Yes, you're right.
> 
>     -- Lennart
> 
> >