On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Mike Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm trying to update my K3 using the firmware utility on Linux (Debian Lenny.) [snip] > As a result, the downloaded files are saved in $HOME/Elecraft, rather > than $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware, and it seems the firmware updater > doesn't detect them. I tried: > > $ cd ~ ; rm -rf Elecraft ; mkdir Elecraft > $ tar -zxvf k3utility.tgz -C Elecraft > $ cd Elecraft > $ mkdir K3_Firmware > > and then tried the update again. This time, the files are downloaded > without complaint, and stored in $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware. > > However, when the download is complete, I get an error dialog: "An > exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The > application must shut down." An off-list reply from David, W4SMT, prompted some further checks. If I unpack the original tarball into ~/foo instead of ~/Elecraft, it all seems to work correctly; I can download updated firmware from Elecraft, and the utility offers to allow me to update my rig. The problem _seems_ be caused by my random selection of ~/Elecraft as a directory to unpack the tarball into. It seems that, because that directory already existed when k3util was first run, it didn't create ~/Elecraft/K3_Firmware as it did when I unpacked into ~/foo. Possibly a bug in k3util, or I have missed something? Thanks, -- Mike, M0PRL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
