Access to a Serial Port using Java RXTX library

[Loïc Minier]

Great; now we even have google juice for other people trying to use RXTX
with snaps, thanks!  :-)

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Jenny Murphy <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> No, actually the configure file in RXTX needed to be modified to support
> java 1.7 :
>
>
> case $JAVA_VERSION in
> 1.2*|1.3*|1.4*|1.5*)
> #fix_parameters $JPATH/jre/lib/javax.comm.properties
> CLASSPATH=".:\$(TOP):\$(TOP)/src:"`find $JPATH/ -name RXTXcomm.jar |head
> -n1`
> RXTX_PATH="\$(JPATH)/jre/lib/\$(OS_ARCH)"
> JHOME=$JPATH/"jre/lib/ext"
>
> So the paths were not being set up correctly for me.
>
> I changed it to
> case $JAVA_VERSION in
> 1.2*|1.3*|1.4*|1.5*|1.7*)
>
> Thanks a million for your suggestion.
>
> Jenny
>
>
> On 7 September 2016 at 15:01, Loïc Minier <loic.minier at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm guessing the Java version change solved the rebuilding problem?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Loïc Minier
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Jenny Murphy <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>  This is solved . The problem was to do with the Java versions supported
>>> by RXTX.
>>> Jenny
>>>
>>> On 7 September 2016 at 12:51, Jenny Murphy <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>  I am having some difficulty building RXTX (get unsatisfied link errors
>>>> with the new shared objects and jar file).
>>>> Is there an other alternative to workaround my original problem with
>>>> the permissions to use lock file?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6 September 2016 at 12:48, Loïc Minier <loic.minier at ubuntu.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jenny,
>>>>>
>>>>> The INSTALL file
>>>>> <https://github.com/rxtx/rxtx/blob/development/INSTALL> suggests that
>>>>> RXTX implements custom locking which requires OS integration; because you
>>>>> want your app to be the only one accessing the serial port(s), you should
>>>>> build RXTX with --disable-lockfiles to disable this feature of the library.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> - Loïc
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Jenny Murphy <
>>>>> jenny.murphy at episensor.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I have a java application running in a .snap package.
>>>>>> The java application is going to access the serial port and uses the
>>>>>> RXTX Java library to do this. The RXTX jar is included in the .snap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When it runs I get the following error :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> check_group_uucp(): error testing lock file creation Error
>>>>>> details:Permission deniedcheck_lock_status: No permission to create lock
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>> please see: How can I use Lock Files with rxtx? in INSTALL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone have any experience of this ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Jenny Murphy*
>>>>>> *EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> - Loïc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Jenny Murphy*
>>>> *EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Jenny Murphy*
>>> *EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
>>> jenny.murphy at episensor.com <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>  t | +353 (0)
>>> 61 512 511  w | http://www.episensor.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> - Loïc
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Jenny Murphy*
> *EpiSensor, Georges Quay House, Georges Quay, Limerick, Ireland*
> jenny.murphy at episensor.com <jenny.murphy at episensor.com>  t | +353 (0) 61
> 512 511  w | http://www.episensor.com
>



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- Loïc
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