Re: [NTLK] Future 2100 owner?

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Sat Sep 28 2002 - 12:50:17 PDT


on 9/28/02 9:32 PM, Scott Roy Atwood at atwood_at_cs.stanford.edu wrote:

> I tried running NewtonDILTester on my Titanium PowerBook G4 under
> Classic on Mac OS X 10.2.1 and when I choose "Connect...", I get a
> dialog box that says "IrDA Open Failed...". I double-checked that the
> IrDA port was turned on first.

Do you have a Keyspan or Belkin serial adapter plugged in, or some other
serial adapter? I've heard that they disable IrDA. Have you tried opening
the IR control panel after you get this error. I have, on occasion gotten a=
n
error, but it has always gone away. I don=B9t remember if I rebooted, or
simply opened the control panel--it's been a while.
--=20
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<mailto:jonglass_at_usa.net>
<mailto:glasshaus5_at_aol.com>
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it
is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
     --George Washington, first president of the USA

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