Index: libirman-0.4.1b/irio.c
===================================================================
--- libirman-0.4.1b.orig/irio.c	1999-02-18 12:20:59.000000000 +0100
+++ libirman-0.4.1b/irio.c	2006-08-02 16:11:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 # include <termios.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
 #include "irman.h"
 
 /* wrapper for ir_close_port() for use by atexit() */
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@
 int ir_open_port(char *filename)
 {
   int parnum = 0;
+  int status;
 #ifdef SUNATTEMPT
   int hand = TIOCM_DTR | TIOCM_RTS;
 #endif
@@ -169,6 +172,28 @@
   if (fcntl(portfd, F_SETFL, (portflags |= O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
     return -1;
   }
+
+  /* we power down the device */
+  if(ioctl(portfd, TIOCMGET, &status) < 0)
+    {
+      perror("could not get status\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+  status &= ~(TIOCM_DTR|TIOCM_RTS);
+  if(ioctl(portfd, TIOCMSET, &status) < 0)
+    {
+      perror("could not set power down");
+      return -1;
+    }
+  ir_usleep(IR_POWER_ON_LATENCY);
+
+  /* now power up again */
+  status |= (TIOCM_DTR|TIOCM_RTS);
+  if(ioctl(portfd, TIOCMSET, &status) < 0)
+    {
+      perror("could not set power up");
+      return -1;
+    }
 
 #ifdef SUNATTEMPT
   /* raise the control lines to power the unit*/
Index: libirman-0.4.1b/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- libirman-0.4.1b.orig/Makefile.in	1999-02-18 12:14:57.000000000 +0100
+++ libirman-0.4.1b/Makefile.in	2006-08-02 16:17:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 CC = @CC@
 MKFIFO = @MKFIFO@
 
-CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ -Wall
 CPPFLAGS = -I. @CPPFLAGS@ @DEFS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ -L. -lirman
 LDFLAGS_SW = @LDFLAGS@ -L. -lirman_sw
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 
 mkdev:
 	if test z`echo $(MKFIFO) | sed 's/.*\///g'` = zmknod; then \
-		test -p $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) || $(MKFIFO) $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) p ;\
+		test -e $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) || $(MKFIFO) $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) p ;\
 	else \
-		test -p $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) || $(MKFIFO) $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) ;\
+		test -e $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) || $(MKFIFO) $(LIRC_DRIVER_DEVICE) ;\
 	fi
 
 rmdev:
Index: libirman-0.4.1b/lirmand.c
===================================================================
--- libirman-0.4.1b.orig/lirmand.c	1999-02-18 12:15:02.000000000 +0100
+++ libirman-0.4.1b/lirmand.c	2006-08-02 16:16:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -63,30 +63,30 @@
 
 int lirc = 0;	/* file descriptor */
 int is_daemon = 0;
-FILE *log = NULL;
+FILE *logfile = NULL;
 
 FILE *open_log(void)
 {
   time_t t=time(NULL);
 
-  if (!log) {
-    log = fopen(LIRMAND_LOGFILE, "a");
-    if (log) {
-      fprintf(log, "%s started at %s\n", progname, ctime(&t));
+  if (!logfile) {
+    logfile = fopen(LIRMAND_LOGFILE, "a");
+    if (logfile) {
+      fprintf(logfile, "%s started at %s\n", progname, ctime(&t));
     }
   }
-  return log;
+  return logfile;
 }
 
 void close_log(void)
 {
   time_t t = time(NULL);
   
-  if (log) {
-    fprintf(log, "%s stopped at %s\n", progname, ctime(&t));
-    fclose(log);
+  if (logfile) {
+    fprintf(logfile, "%s stopped at %s\n", progname, ctime(&t));
+    fclose(logfile);
   }
-  log = NULL;
+  logfile = NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     return 0;
   
   va_start(va, format);
-  ret = vfprintf(log, format, va);
+  ret = vfprintf(logfile, format, va);
   va_end(va);
 
   return ret;
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
 
   va_start(va, format);
   if (open_log()) {
-    ret  = fprintf(log, "error: ");
-    ret += vfprintf(log, format, va);
+    ret  = fprintf(logfile, "error: ");
+    ret += vfprintf(logfile, format, va);
   }
   if (!is_daemon) {
     ret  = fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", progname);