Откопал ИК порт USB по нуждам рабочим, решил подключить к ubuntu 18.04 (на 16.04 работал и появлялся даже некий сетевой интерфейс)
Ни в 32, ни в 64бит версиях устройство не ставится.
dmesg:
[ 2675.454129] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 2675.611728] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=1904
[ 2675.611733] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2675.611737] usb 2-4: Product: CanoScan
[ 2675.611740] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Canon
[ 3362.326200] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 3362.508224] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=066f, idProduct=4200
[ 3362.508229] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3362.508233] usb 5-2: Product: IrDA/USB Bridge
[ 3362.508237] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: Sigmatel Inc
[ 3362.824976] irda: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 3362.825257] irda: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 3362.828840] NET: Registered protocol family 23
[ 3362.847397] stir4200: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 3362.849241] SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB found at address 2, Vendor: 66f, Product: 4200
[ 3362.850023] stir4200 5-2:1.0: IrDA: Registered SigmaTel device irda0
[ 3362.850381] usbcore: registered new interface driver stir4200
[ 3363.267190] ModemManager[496]: segfault at 0 ip 0000558fc751c659 sp 00007ffcb9b37140 error 4 in ModemManager[558fc74e1000+123000]
lsusb |grep -i ir
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 066f:4200 SigmaTel, Inc. STIr4200 IrDA Bridge
uname -a
Linux smart 4.15.0-39-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 23 15:48:01 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ls /dev |grep -i ir - пусто