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[mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Awesome, good find RSK! Chris, I don't have 10.10, so can you try this
and make sure it works for you too?

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk
<webrsk.ideas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The possible problem/restriction/bug in ubuntu 10.10 can be automounting the
> usb drive without executable permission.
> Now that can be fixed by editing /etc/fstab   :
> /dev/usbdrive /media/usb vfat umask=0222,auto,users,exec 0 0
> Now onwards the USB will have the executable permission and I tested by
> running keryx(0.92) and works !!!
>
> But this is a manual solution , I suppose there would be some other better
> solution which can make the auto mounting the usb drive with executable
> permission as like happens in ubuntu 10.04.
>
> Thanks,
> RSK
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk <webrsk.ideas@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Not only keryx any executable which is in USB flash drive not works in
>> Ubuntu 10.10. I too tested it.
>> But the same works fine if we copy it in hard disk drive or in ubuntu
>> 10.04.
>> I have posted a query in Ubuntu tracker/forums , lets see whether we get
>> any solution for that in mean time of development.
>> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/130341
>> Thanks,
>> RSK
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:48 AM, mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Team,
>>>
>>> Quite a few users have reported that 0.92's Linux executable is not
>>> working with Ubuntu 10.10. It seems that
>>>
>>> 1) Ubuntu no longer allows executables to be run from flash drives,
>>> whether they are marked executable or not and
>>> 2) the 32-bit Linux binary is not playing nice with 64-bit installs.
>>>
>>> Problem 2 has been around for some time, and users could work around
>>> it by running Keryx from source. Problem 1 is new and prevents the
>>> solution to Problem 2.
>>>
>>> So far we have more questions than answers. I just wanted to let
>>> everyone know what is going on because it will likely effect 1.0
>>> development -- it may not be possible for 1.0 to be a portable
>>> application.
>>>
>>> mac9416
>>>
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