Q: How to connect a 6210

[Jan Schubert]

For several month i'm trying ocassionaly to connect my Nokia 6210 (and 
also a 6110) to my laptop. I'm quity sure that my irda-port is working. 
If i do a cat to ttyS1 i can "see" my irda-port blinking (using a 
DDC-Camera). But i've no succes connecting my phone to that port.

When starting gnokii there is just an activity to my irda-port if i 
choose "connection = serial" in gnokiirc (my infrared-port os assigned 
to com2). Any entry like irda or infrared will _not_ work. When placing 
my phone in front of it - menu infrared enabled - and starting gnokii 
--<something> nothing happens. My gnokiirc looks something like:

[global]
port = /dev/ttyS1
model = 6210
connection = serial

I'm also not sure about selecting SIR or FIR in the bios of my laptop, 
but "seeing" the phone sending data i guess it is using SIR.
May someone also complain, which kernel-options to choose for compiling 
linux (needed for gnokii to get my phone connected)?

I'm usind GNOKII Version 0.4.3, Linux 2.4.20 (actually 
2.4.20-gentoor-r1) running on an up-to-date gentoo box.
Also tried GNOKII Version 0.5.0pre1 whith no success...

Any help?

TiA,
Jan

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here is some sample output:

address@hidden ~ $ gnokii --identify
GNOKII Version 0.5.0pre1
IMEI         : (unknown)
Manufacturer : Nokia
Model        : (unknown)
Revision     : (unknown)

toral root # gnokii --identify
GNOKII Version 0.4.3
Lockfile /var/lock/LCK..ttyS1 is stale. Overriding it..
IMEI         : (unknown)
Manufacturer : Nokia
Model        : (unknown)
Revision     : (unknown)