[Rxtx] loopback puzzle

[Bob Jacobsen]

At 9:38 PM -0400 9/11/06, Dr. Stephen Judd wrote:
>Your comment about the kernel probably indicates you are discussing 
>Linux.
>I'm running on Mac OSX 10.4.7, which traditionally has a big emphasis on
>plug and play. Can I get those ports to appear on the Mac? How?
>Do I have to use something other than RXTX to get there today?

You need to have the driver installed for whatever USB device you're 
using.  Once that's done, plugging in the USB device will result in 
new entries in /dev/, that should be visible the next time you start 
your program.  Rebooting, etc, should not be required.

Bob
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