In message <20040429111649.AF0A07B46@berkshire.research.att.com>, "Steven M. Be
llovin" writes:
>I don't know about ircomm; here's what I have in rc.local:
>
>	/usr/pkg/bin/irs -Y -c -y /dev/ptyqf -d `/usr/sbin/irdaattach -f tty01`
>
>I then tell jpilot to use /dev/ttyqf, and it just works.

Huh.

Well, I have no idea; this, or something like it, worked for a while
yesterday.  But now... No matter what, come rain or snow, I 100% reliably
get an I/O error trying to open the pty I specify to irs or ircomm.  There's
No amount of verbosity on ircomm or irs gives me any indication that it's
even heard of a pty, or that it is aware of someone trying to connect.

-s