Description of problem: installed the rxtx package on my RHEL 6 server x86_64 box and had some fun working out why it couldn't connect to my serial device on /dev/ttyUSB0. First issue was that it could lock...it was looking for /var/lock/lockdev but on RHEL6 there was no /var/lock/lockdev. Created dir that and set up the permissions as per bz#581884. patch 4 rxtx-2.2-lock.patch looks to be F15 focused. http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=rxtx.git;a=blob_plain;f=rxtx-2.2-lock.patch;hb=el6 Perhaps the spec file should be %if 0%{?fedora} > 13 || 0%{?rhel} > 6 %patch4 -p1 %endif rather than 0%{?rhel} > 5 as it is now? http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=rxtx.git;a=blob_plain;f=rxtx.spec;hb=el6 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rxtx-2.2-0.5.20100211.el6.i686.rpm How reproducible: install on RHEL 6 and try to attach to a serial device
rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6
Package rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
rxtx-2.2-0.6.20100211.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.