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[mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if this helps at all, but I finally got an answer to my
question about flash drive execution on AskUbuntu.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/8554/how-can-i-enable-double-click-execution-from-flash-drives/9693#9693

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You're totally correct here. This is unfortunate for us and forces us to
> make Keryx into a deb and have it installed with special logic for searching
> /media for projects. This will have to be something we build into 1.0 as I
> feel it is not worth it currently to do anything more than fix the
> executable on 32 bit and move on to finishing 1.0.
> Some good news though, it looks like my roommate and I will be making this
> our weekend/freetime project and hopefully pumping out some serious changes
> to get 1.0 out the door soon. He's not terribly familiar with Python, but
> that won't matter since he knows some ruby, and is a good developer anyways.
>
> 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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