Struggled to figure out how I could get the IR-port to function. It turned out that the port was functioning but I needed to send some data. Unlike Win XP which had a pop-up whenever a IR device was present, my Ubuntu installation have no such. Some struggeling, but I found this tutorial http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1753177&postcount=4 The command “ircp -r” saved me and I could transfer a picture from my cell phone to the laptop via IR.