The plugin works as expected, according to Martin and my own tests. It will automatically pick up a system RXTX if Eclipse finds one.
Unfortunately, Eclipse seems to be hitting a little problem with OpenJDK's extension path: It contains /usr/java/packages/lib/ext - hardcoded into /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so - but that is not used on Debian/Ubuntu. Any Java extensions installed via the package manager are put into /usr/share/java. I don't know if this is intended or not. As a temporary workaround, I found it to be easiest and least intrusive to just symlink RXTXcomm.jar to /usr/java/packages/lib/ext. Perhaps there is a way to smash it into the Eclipse classpath, but I haven't found a proper way to do so. Paste this into your terminal, restart Eclipse and you're good to go: sudo mkdir -p /usr/java/packages/lib/ext sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/RXTXcomm.jar /usr/java/packages/lib/ext/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593172 Title: eclipse crashes on loading on serial terminal Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I open a connection to a USB serial port using the RXTX (http://rxtx.qbang.org/eclipse) and the Target Manager Terminal plugins, Eclipse consistently crashes with no error messages. The follow log is generated: # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f4dbd46524d, pid=4074, tid=139971864680208 # # JRE version: 6.0_18-b18 # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (14.0-b16 mixed mode linux-amd64 ) # Derivative: IcedTea6 1.8 # Distribution: Ubuntu lucid (development branch), package 6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1 # Problematic frame: # C [librxtxSerial.so+0x724d] read_byte_array+0x3d # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please include # instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit: # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/ # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # Note, I have not had the same problem on 32bit Karmic on a different machine. I'm able to connect with no problems using ckermit. Thanks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/593172/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
