From 189a9a93fdaf2c314f29d3e7d361d931b371ed77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adam Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:51:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add a comment explaining a common failure mode darcs-hash:20090128215148-5007d-67b505132c0f5a711e718743b61a473019238c85.gz --- src/com/megacz/eltron/Eltron.java | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/com/megacz/eltron/Eltron.java b/src/com/megacz/eltron/Eltron.java index 33c090b..ff030f4 100644 --- a/src/com/megacz/eltron/Eltron.java +++ b/src/com/megacz/eltron/Eltron.java @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import gnu.io.*; +/* + +If you're on a mac and you get the error below, you need to create +/var/lock and make it writable. + +Exception in thread "main" gnu.io.PortInUseException: No such file or directory in open +at gnu.io.RXTXPort.open(Native Method) +at gnu.io.RXTXPort.(RXTXPort.java:84) +at com.megacz.eltron.Eltron.detectPort(Eltron.java:26) +at com.megacz.eltron.Eltron.print(Eltron.java:37) +at com.megacz.eltron.Eltron.main(Eltron.java:14) + + + */ + /** code to control an Eltron */ public class Eltron { -- 1.7.10.4