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Old 03-07-2005
Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman
 
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Default Re: irda

On 03/07/2005 03:18 PM, nicolab80 wrote:
> I'm tring to setup my laptop, toshiba m30, but when i type:
> modprobe smsc_ircc2
> it doesn't work: no such device
> The problem seems to be related with some initialization of the superIO
> chip.
> I found a program, smcinit, from irda.sourceforce.net but it works with
> kernel 2.4 and i'm using 2.6.9 or 2.6.10.
> Can you help me?


I faced the same problem on my DELL Inspiron 4150; try adding:

smsc-ircc2

to /etc/modules-2.6 (kernel 2.6.x requires upgrading module-init-tools)
and, or

smc-ircc

to your /etc/modules for kernel version 2.4.x.

HTH.

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