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 <clark...@gmail.com> 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, > >
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