Access to a Serial Port using Java RXTX library

[Jenny Murphy]

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
>>
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>
>
> --
> - Loïc
>



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