<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TT>Hi,</TT> <TT>For starters your attempting to copy a windows .exe file to your</TT> <TT>usr/local/bin ??? the windows .exe will not work under linux!</TT> <TT>To keep your Linux system safe, you (the user) only have read/write</TT> <TT>access to your home directory and /tmp so if you really need to copy</TT> <TT>anything to anywhere else you are going to have to do this as the system</TT> <TT>administration account (root)</TT> <TT>If you are using the GNOME desktop, then press [alt + F2] and type "gksu</TT> <TT>nautilus" and then you can achieve what you are setting out to do...</TT> <TT>However, be warned when you are using nautilus as root you can do damage</TT> <TT>to your install if you're not 100% certain what you are doing! (just be</TT> <TT>careful and don't delete anything system related!)</TT> <TT>[off topic]</TT> <TT>That device that you are attempting to program, does it appear as its</TT> <TT>own comm. port? (/dev/ttyU*) </TT> <TT>On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 10:33 +1000, Geoffrey wrote:</TT> <TT>> I recently purchased an "Open USB IO Board" for experimental work.</TT> <TT>> The software for it can be run using a Live DVD which came with the</TT> <TT>> purchase or directly from within Ubuntu, the latter being preferable I</TT> <TT>> think because it saves me boot switching. Below is an extract from the</TT> <TT>> Quick Start instruction from the reference manual:</TT> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> Open USB-IO Board: Extract from "Quick Start"</TT> <TT>> • Go to <A HREF="http://www.pjradcliffe.wordpress.com">www.pjradcliffe.wordpress.com</A> and download the appropriate ousb</TT> <TT>> binary. If the Live-DVD of development tools is being used then the ousb</TT> <TT>> binary and much more is already installed. For Windows select ousb.exe</TT> <TT>> file and place it in a convenient directory, ideally in the path. For</TT> <TT>> Linux obtain the ousb binary and place it in /usr/local/bin, you may</TT> <TT>> need root permissions to achieve this. If you cannot be root, then use</TT> <TT>> any convenient directory, ensuring the file has execute privileges set.</TT> <TT>> • Open a terminal and try running the program with no parameters to see</TT> <TT>> help information. Under Windows select Start->Run, type cmd in the text</TT> <TT>> box then hit enter. If the ousb.exe program is not in the current path</TT> <TT>> then use the cd command to move to the directory that contains ousb.exe.</TT> <TT>> Under Linux start a terminal and type ousb. If the binary was not placed</TT> <TT>> in the path again use cd to move to the right directory and type ./ousb</TT> <TT>> then enter.</TT> <TT>> If ousb under Linux gives an error message about missing libraries then</TT> <TT>> go back to the web site and obtain ousb_static (much larger but includes</TT> <TT>> the libraries) and try again. Some Linux distributions protect USB</TT> <TT>> access and so try using a root terminal.</TT> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> I tried putting ousb.exe in /usr/local/bin (an empty folder) but was</TT> <TT>> denied because this need Permission. Of course I can use an accessible</TT> <TT>> "convenient directory" as mentioned above. However I am curious to know</TT> <TT>> about Permisssions. Please advise.</TT> <TT>> Geoffrey Combes</TT> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> </TT> <TT>> </TT> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Scott Evans <<A HREF="mailto:scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org">scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org</A>> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>