Re: XO laptop : Problem Reply

[Bob Proulx]

For some reason your mailer has really munged up the message.  I am
going to rebuild it as best as I can to make it readable for the
reply.

charles stringfellow wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > charles stringfellow wrote:
> > > When I type $ chmod u+x xo-get.py, I get error message: cannot access
> > > xo-get.py.
> > > Can you suggest a work around or remedy?
> >
> > That message would normally be followed by the specific reason that
> > you "cannot access xo-get.py" such as "No such file or
> > directory" or other reason.
> >
> > What message did it say for you?
>
>    "No such file or directory."

There is the problem then.  You are trying to change the mode of a
file that isn't there.  Since it isn't there it can't be changed and
the chmod command is reporting it.

>    The instructions I used:
> "wget xo-get.olpc.at
> chmod u+x xo-get.py"

The download must have failed to produce a xo-get.py file.  After
downloading verify that the file exists.  I tried it.  It worked for
me.  But if you are seeing "No such file or directory." then it isn't
downloading for you.  You might try just saving it manually from the
web browser from the download page.  You don't need wget.

This is really a better topic for the OLPC mailing lists since it
isn't a problem with chmod.

Bob