Per, As I wrote in my last email, I did install the RXTX libs. Please read the whole thing. :) I have no configuration.xml on my system anywhere - where is it supposed to be stored? Cheers, - Drew. -- Drew Smith (mux) <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, VA7DSX / VE0TF Encrypted e-mail preferred, public key at http://riotnrrd.com/pubkey.gpg On 2013-02-08, at 3:29 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Excellent, that is some success :). > It is reading configuration.xml that tells it to open a serial port, the rxtx > libs are not found. > Try to delete configuration.xml and restart. > > /Per > > On 2013-02-08 22:56, Drew Smith wrote: >> >> Per, >> >> After another two hours fighting with java installs and paths and trying to >> get the program to load, I am now at the following point - I can get >> J-mp3player to load and run just fine. >> >> For the record, I am using a pretty-close-to-stock Windows 7 Ultimate >> install. >> >> However, when I run "java -jar jPskmail-2.0.29.jar", I get the following: >> >> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] >> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. >> >>> C:\Users\dsmith\Desktop>java -jar jPSKmail-2.0.29.jar >>> configuration.xml >>> jPSKmail ends here... >>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >>> gnu/io/SerialPortEven >>> tListener >>> at javapskmail.Main.handlegps(Main.java:1942) >>> at javapskmail.Main.main(Main.java:375) >>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: gnu.io.SerialPortEventListener >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) >>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> ... 2 more >>> >>> C:\Users\dsmith\Desktop> >> >> …and that's where it stops. >> >> Serial port event listener? I remember something in the manual about RXTX. >> Let's go find that: >> >>> Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/7: >>> >>> For installing the RXTX package you will find the necessary dll and jar >>> files within the directory where you installed jPSKmail. >>> >>> Installation procedure: >>> >>> • copy rxtxSerial.dll to %JAVA_HOME%\bin, >>> (%JAVA_HOME% is the folder where JRE is installed on your system; e.g. >>> c:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_01) >>> >>> • copy RXTXcomm.jar to %JAVA_HOME%\lib\ext >>> >> >> …only there's no mention of this "directory where I installed jPSKmail". >> It's a JAR file, sitting on my desktop. Is it *supposed* to be installed >> somewhere, manually? Every other program I've "installed" on this machine >> has been via a simple 'setup.exe'. >> >> Digging around, I find that it's "installed" itself to C:\jpskmail. Under >> that directory, I dig until I find RXTXcomm.jar - but I can't find >> rxtxSerial.dll anywhere. It's just not there, as far as I can tell. >> >> For fun, let's try googling to find those files. Oh, here they are: >> http://guides.machinescience.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=263 - let's try the >> 64-bit versions. >> >> Copied into the appropriate directories, as per the manual, and trying "java >> -jar jPSKmail-2.0.29.jar" again: >> >> >>> C:\Users\dsmith\Desktop>java -jar jPSKmail-2.0.29.jar >>> configuration.xml >>> jPSKmail ends here... >>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >>> org/netbeans/lib/awte >>> xtra/AbsoluteLayout >>> at javapskmail.mainpskmailui.initComponents(mainpskmailui.java:2888) >>> at javapskmail.mainpskmailui.<init>(mainpskmailui.java:169) >>> at javapskmail.Main.main(Main.java:381) >>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: >>> org.netbeans.lib.awtextra.AbsoluteL >>> ayout >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) >>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) >>> ... 3 more >>> >>> C:\Users\dsmith\Desktop> >> …and that's as far as I've gotten. I have no idea what netbeans are or why I >> need to have them. >> >> I'm heading out sailing tomorrow morning, crossing the Sea of Cortez for >> Mazatlán - I was really hoping to be able to try out PSKMail enroute, but >> the install process has been very frustrating so far. >> >> Cheers, >> - Drew. >> >> -- >> Drew Smith (mux) <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>, VA7DSX / >> VE0TF >> Encrypted e-mail preferred, public key at http://riotnrrd.com/pubkey.gpg >> >> On 2013-02-08, at 1:09 AM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> First, can you make another java app run? >>> Like this one: >>> http://www.j-mp3player.site11.com/ >>> >>> 73, Per >>> >>> On 2013-02-07 22:08, Drew Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> Ok, I followed the instructions on the site regarding 64-bit Java under >>>> Windows 7. >>>> >>>> Now when I double-click on the icon, I get a brief flash of a DOS window >>>> with an error - doing it a few dozen times, I'm able to read an error that >>>> says something like: >>>> >>>> "Unable to locate class Main in c:\path\to\desktop\pskmail-2.0.27.jar" >>>> >>>> I have yet to ever see pskmail running, even though I've been trying every >>>> now and then for months. I'm beginning to think that pskmail, the website, >>>> the wiki and even this mailing list is nothing more than an elaborate >>>> practical joke. >>>> >>>> Can someone please spell out for me - in excruciating detail - how to get >>>> pskmail to launch under Windows 7? All of my systems knowledge is Linux >>>> and OSX, I haven't used Windows since early Win95. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> - Drew. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Drew Smith (mux) <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>, VA7DSX / >>>> VE0TF >>>> Encrypted e-mail preferred, public key at http://riotnrrd.com/pubkey.gpg >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
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