[CentOS] Antwort: Re: No IrDA Support with CentOS anymore?

"CentOS" <centos-bounces at centos.org> schrieb am 30.10.2019 07:50:19:

> Von: "Akemi Yagi" <amyagi at gmail.com>
> An: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Datum: 30.10.2019 07:50
> Betreff: Re: [CentOS] No IrDA Support with CentOS anymore?
> Gesendet von: "CentOS" <centos-bounces at centos.org>
> 
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:09 AM <andreas.reschke at mahle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> > I've a laptop with CentOS 8 and a PC with CentOS 7. After 3 years of 
break
> > I was Scuba Diving last 3 weeks. Back at home I wish to download all 
dive
> > logs from my divecomputer connext via IrDA to my PC.
> >
> > But no kernel modul for IrDA was found.
> >
> > [root at rechner1 ~]# modprobe ircomm
> > modprobe: FATAL: Module ircomm not found in directory
> > /lib/modules/4.18.0-147.6.el8.x86_64
> > [root at rechner1 ~]# modprobe ircomm_tty
> > modprobe: FATAL: Module ircomm_tty not found in directory
> > /lib/modules/4.18.0-147.6.el8.x86_64
> > [root at destn40768 ~]#
> >
> >
> > [root at rechner1 ~]# lsusb | grep -i irda
> > Bus 002 Device 011: ID 9710:7780 MosChip Semiconductor MCS7780 4Mbps 
Fast
> > IrDA Adapter
> > [root at rechner1 ~]#
> >
> > Same with CentOS7
> >
> > How do I get IrDA support?
> >
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
> >
> > Andreas Reschke
> 
> As you found out, there is no support for IrDA in CentOS-7 or -8. The
> only CentOS kernel I see with the support for device [9710:7780] is
> the centosplus kernel for CentOS-6. This means that you'd need to
> install CentOS-6 and then update it with the kernel in the centosplus
> repository.
> 
> Akemi
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Thank you Akemi,

I'll take Fedora 23. That was the OS I've used three years ago for 
connecting with my dive computer.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Andreas Reschke