OSX Port Issue

Hi,
I had to switch computers to a Dell running XP.
I downloaded the drivers and it now reads the Arduino fine.
However when it starts receiving actual data, I get the following error.

Error 0x5 at /home/bob/foo/rxtx-devel/build/../src/termios.c(482): Accejava.io.IOException: No error in nativeavailable
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.nativeavailable(Native Method)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort$SerialInputStream.available(RXTXPort.java:1532)
at processing.serial.Serial.serialEvent(Serial.java:221)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.sendEvent(RXTXPort.java:732)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.eventLoop(Native Method)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort$MonitorThread.run(RXTXPort.java:1575)
java.io.IOException: No error in nativeavailable
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.nativeavailable(Native Method)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort$SerialInputStream.available(RXTXPort.java:1532)
at processing.serial.Serial.serialEvent(Serial.java:221)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.sendEvent(RXTXPort.java:732)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort.eventLoop(Native Method)
at gnu.io.RXTXPort$MonitorThread.run(RXTXPort.java:1575)
ss is denied.

Anyone know how to fix this error?
What does ss is denied mean?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.