I'm running gentoo, I did emerge lirc.   I don't have a serial port declared 
so now ttysx neither a /dev/lirc directory.  I have ran modeprobe 
lirc_serial and this is the error I get

/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/misc/lirc_serial.o: init_module: Input/output 
error
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/misc/lirc_serial.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/misc/lirc_serial.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/misc/lirc_serial.o: insmod lirc_serial failed

I am just confused on what I should have on gentoo to get this thing to 
work.  Do I need a serial port.  If so do I need to go through the process 
of setting it up or is there a short command to do this.

If I don't need a serial port.  What do I use instead and what should I be 
looking for?

Thanks all,

Ben

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