Setting up IrDA via Serial from linux host to Windows guest

[vucub-caquix]

Hello,
VirtualBox is running smoothly, and I'm pretty happy with it- the last thing that would be extremly cool to set up woulb be IrDA.
I have a IBM thinkpad which has an integrated IrDA interface that runs in linux with the sir_dev module.
I read that, as there is no native support for IrDA in VM, the only chance I have is a serial pipe.
For that I configurated serial COM1 as Host Pipe, not having the "Create Pipe" checked- as the device is created by the linux host. The device Port Path is /dev/ircomm0, as that should be the standard IrDA device as fare as I unterstood. I also putted my user in groupe uucp as /dev/ircomm0 belogns in that group. When I try to start VirtualBox then I get the following error on startup:

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Unknown error creating VM (VERR_NET_CONNECTION_REFUSED).
VBox status code: -461 (VERR_NET_CONNECTION_REFUSED).


Result Code: 
0x80004005
Component: 
Console
Interface: 
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

Does anyone have an idea what could be done about that? If that could be solved an I could pipe IrDA via serial to windows, I'd look for a possibility to make windows belive the data on COM1 is IrDA, as the programm I'am intending to use allows no configuration and is only listening to IrDA. If someone has an idea how to do that, I'd be thankful also!
Best regards so fare.. Miro

[marga]

Hi!

I've been trying to get the infrarred port on my notebook (a Compaq HP nc600) without luck.

Have you had any success in doing so?

[vucub-caquix]

no, I didn't follow the idea anymore; but if anyone had a clou I surely would..