Thread: Gregg's Nearly Interminable Adventures in Linux Land
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Old 07-30-2015, 07:28 PM   #492
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Originally Posted by Rizla View Post
I installed Ubuntu as I wanted to install some programs to turn a Kobo into a secondary monitor.

First off, Ubuntu kept shutting off USB networking after 30 seconds.
Then Ubuntu decided I couldn't chmod +x a file on the USB device. Previously it allowed me to do it no problem. So I found I was actually going backwards. Presumably the OS upgraded itself.
I haven't really played around much with USB Networking.

But I am completely unsurprised that you couldn't set a file on a USB as executable, assuming the USB drive was formatted with FAT32 which they usually are.
FAT32 has never supported extended linux attributes, you will need to mount the drive as executable (and then all files get the executable bit dynamically applied).

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I concluded Ubuntu is a PITA. So ended my adventures in Ubuntu land.
Sounds like you didn't spend much time in the attempt.
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