I created it manually before unpacking the tarball into it. It's owned by my normal login user -- the same user I was running k3util as -- and the directory permissions are 755.
Thanks, -- Mike, M0PRL On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > Who made the Elecraft folder and what permissions are assigned to it? > > Mike Clarke wrote: >> >> 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, >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
