Bug 114268

Summary:	Irda doesn't start on kernel 2.6 because of /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Péter, Soós <sp>
Component:	modutils	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
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Fixed In Version:	2.4.26-3	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Péter, Soós 2004-01-25 20:28:36 UTC

Description of problem:
If you configure irda stack via /etc/sysconfig/irda by giving the
proper serial port, irattach does not start on kernel 2.6 besause of
it unable to load tty-ldisc-11. The problem caused by a mistyped line
in /etc/modprobe.conf.dist:
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
modutils-2.4.25-13

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure irda
2. Try to start it
3.
  
Actual results:
Irda does not start:

Expected results:
Irda starts.

Additional info:
You should to change the line in /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
to
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty-sir
because of the name of the driver was changed.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-01-29 07:47:19 UTC

Fixed in 2.4.26-3.