On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 09:16 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Jack wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have an usb infrared adaptor that works on ms > > windows without any problems. On fedora 5, I plugged > > the adaptor in. Then typed "ifconfig -a" but could not > > find the "irda0" interface. Did I miss any steps? > > Thank you. > > > > Jack > > > Did you check to see if the adapter was supported in Linux? Not all > USB Ir adapters are supported. It depends on the chip set used. Don't you have to enable IR by editing the "services" menu?? I saw that one in there while pounding on something else. Under KDE you go to system / services to bring up the services menu-GUI and scroll down to irda, check the box and start the dameon. If there are any errors the dialog box will tell you. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
