Can't get hotsync to start over IR

[John Toliver]

On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 14:07 +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 01:40:10AM -0500, John Toliver wrote:
> > I am trying to get my M515 to hotsync with my T23 over IR (too lazy to
> > connect USB cradle)
> 
> I've used to do that with my m500 and my T23, many years ago.
> 
> By the way, hotsync over USB is something like ten times faster, and you
> don't have to keep your palm aligned with the infrared port all the time.
> 
> > The hotsync on the handheld looks for a connection
> > but can't find one and times out.  I suspect that Ubuntu didn't find my
> > IR port because when I navigate to /dev/pilot, I don't see it.
> 
> The device for syncing is /dev/ircomm0, and I doubt that any tool will
> make /dev/pilot a symlink to it.
> 
> > Is their
> > anyway to make ubuntu see the IR port?
> 
> You may need to install irda-utils and read tons of documentation to get
> it to work.
> 
> Let me Google for some...
> 
> > does it see it as another serial
> > port?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > How does this work?  Any help is appreciated.
> 
> I don't remember the details, it was a long time ago.  Let me use my
> Google powers instead.
> 
> Here's a short HOWTO that ought to work, if you correct one minor error:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=236497
> 
> The error is that 'sudo echo ircomm_tty >> /etc/modules' is not going
> to work; 'sudo su -c "echo ircomm_tty >> /etc/modules"' will.
> 
> Marius Gedminas

Thanks for the reply.  Will follow the link and make this one of my
projects for next weekend.