Ubuntu ZIP help requested

[Al]

I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now and am happy with the
results.

I recently had the need to view a ZIP disk (100M). I know the ZIP drive
works as it works when I'm running Windoz.

I inserted the ZIP disk and when I tried to open it, I got an error
message.

The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.

and the detail was:

Error: could not execute pmount.

Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
drive?

Al

[Andreas Freytag]

Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:24:02 +0000 schrieb Al:

> The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
>
> and the detail was:
>
> Error: could not execute pmount.
>
> Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
> drive?
>
> Al

Install the program that can not be executed? apt-get install pmount
should work.

--
perl -e 'print unpack "\x75","886YD<F5A<U]F9G)E>71A9T!W96(N9&4*";'

[Al]

In article <pan.2006.04.19.15.38.19.964329@web.de>,
Andreas Freytag <andreas_ffreytag@web.de> wrote:

> Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:24:02 +0000 schrieb Al:
>

> > The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
> >
> > and the detail was:
> >
> > Error: could not execute pmount.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
> > drive?
> >
> > Al

> Install the program that can not be executed? apt-get install pmount
> should work.

I tried that and it told me that pmount was already installed.

Still no joy!

Al

[Andreas Freytag]

Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:56:13 +0000 schrieb Al:

> In article <pan.2006.04.19.15.38.19.964329@web.de>,
> Andreas Freytag <andreas_ffreytag@web.de> wrote:
>

>> Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:24:02 +0000 schrieb Al:
>>

>> > The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
>> >
>> > and the detail was:
>> >
>> > Error: could not execute pmount.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
>> > drive?
>> >
>> > Al

>> Install the program that can not be executed? apt-get install pmount
>> should work.

>
> I tried that and it told me that pmount was already installed.
>
> Still no joy!
>
> Al

Can you execute it from console? If not, check the permissions to the
program and device. I don't have a ZIP drive, so i can not tell you more
then trying that, sorry ;)

--
perl -e 'print unpack "\x75","886YD<F5A<U]F9G)E>71A9T!W96(N9&4*";'

[Lawrence Leonard]

Al wrote:

> I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now and am happy with the
> results.
>
> I recently had the need to view a ZIP disk (100M). I know the ZIP drive
> works as it works when I'm running Windoz.
>
> I inserted the ZIP disk and when I tried to open it, I got an error
> message.
>
> The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
>
> and the detail was:
>
> Error: could not execute pmount.
>
> Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
> drive?
>
> Al

Are you a member of the "plugdev" group?

[noshellswill]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:02:52 +0200, Andreas Freytag wrote:

> Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:56:13 +0000 schrieb Al:
>

>> In article <pan.2006.04.19.15.38.19.964329@web.de>,
>> Andreas Freytag <andreas_ffreytag@web.de> wrote:
>>

>>> Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:24:02 +0000 schrieb Al:
>>>
>>> > The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
>>> >
>>> > and the detail was:
>>> >
>>> > Error: could not execute pmount.
>>> >
>>> > Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
>>> > drive?
>>> >
>>> > Al
>>> Install the program that can not be executed? apt-get install pmount
>>> should work.

>>
>> I tried that and it told me that pmount was already installed.
>>
>> Still no joy!
>>
>> Al

> Can you execute it from console? If not, check the permissions to the
> program and device. I don't have a ZIP drive, so i can not tell you more
> then trying that, sorry ;)

Lurking ... as also, my ZIP-250 will not function ... it's worth noting
that among the all the little-*nix-horrors noone strikes more terror in
usrland than PERMISSIONS.

As my applications are worth far more than the OS+hardware, and my box is
locally insured by S&W, and I am a single self-admining (HA!) lusr ...
because of all that why-oh-why does the OS presume to tell me which
programs I may run?
PERMISSIONS are a sorry miscreant leftover from a mainframe GURU era that
died with Apple-2+. Time to murder-those-darlings ...

nss
***********

[Al]

In article <pan.2006.04.20.14.00.08.475893@hotmail.com>,
noshellswill <noshellswill@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:02:52 +0200, Andreas Freytag wrote:
>

> > Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:56:13 +0000 schrieb Al:
> >

> >> In article <pan.2006.04.19.15.38.19.964329@web.de>,
> >> Andreas Freytag <andreas_ffreytag@web.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:24:02 +0000 schrieb Al:
> >>>
> >>> > The mount error was: Unable to mount the selected volume.
> >>> >
> >>> > and the detail was:
> >>> >
> >>> > Error: could not execute pmount.
> >>> >
> >>> > Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable mounting of the ZIP
> >>> > drive?
> >>> >
> >>> > Al
> >>> Install the program that can not be executed? apt-get install pmount
> >>> should work.
> >>
> >> I tried that and it told me that pmount was already installed.
> >>
> >> Still no joy!
> >>
> >> Al

> > Can you execute it from console? If not, check the permissions to the
> > program and device. I don't have a ZIP drive, so i can not tell you more
> > then trying that, sorry ;)

>
> Lurking ... as also, my ZIP-250 will not function ... it's worth noting
> that among the all the little-*nix-horrors noone strikes more terror in
> usrland than PERMISSIONS.
>
> As my applications are worth far more than the OS+hardware, and my box is
> locally insured by S&W, and I am a single self-admining (HA!) lusr ...
> because of all that why-oh-why does the OS presume to tell me which
> programs I may run?
> PERMISSIONS are a sorry miscreant leftover from a mainframe GURU era that
> died with Apple-2+. Time to murder-those-darlings ...
>
> nss
> ***********
>

When I looked at the permissions of the ZIP, it had r's everywhere. Is
that the reason for the failure? How do I change the permissions?

As you might be able to tell, I am not a Linux expert.

Al

[Lawrence Leonard]

Al wrote:

>>

>
> When I looked at the permissions of the ZIP, it had r's everywhere. Is
> that the reason for the failure? How do I change the permissions?
>
> As you might be able to tell, I am not a Linux expert.
>
> Al

A couple of questions:

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

Do you have backports repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list?
pmount has been updated but the update is in backports. There is a
backports wiki at: [url]http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/wiki/[/url]

[Andreas Freytag]

Am Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:00:09 +0000 schrieb noshellswill:

> PERMISSIONS are a sorry miscreant leftover from a mainframe GURU era
> that died with Apple-2+. Time to murder-those-darlings ...

You don't really know what you are talking about eh? On a multiuser system
you need permissions to prevent a user from reading files of an other user
on the system. It is also not funny if a normal user can manipulate the
system or even rm -Rf /
*PLONK*

--
perl -e 'print unpack "\x75","886YD<F5A<U]F9G)E>71A9T!W96(N9&4*";'

[noshellswill]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:15:54 +0200, Andreas Freytag wrote:

> Am Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:00:09 +0000 schrieb noshellswill:
>

>> PERMISSIONS are a sorry miscreant leftover from a mainframe GURU era
>> that died with Apple-2+. Time to murder-those-darlings ...

>
> You don't really know what you are talking about eh? On a multiuser system
> you need permissions to prevent a user from reading files of an other user
> on the system. It is also not funny if a normal user can manipulate the
> system or even rm -Rf /
> *PLONK*

Pad're:

I care not-one-wit for multi-usr systems, their defenders or their
weaknesses. When $100/Meg RAM and $2000 CPUs ruled , one might have felt
some sympathy ... no longer. As I observed that issue has not really
existed since Apple-2+ ( or the 68000 workstations ). Those trapped in a
nostalgic bytewise afterglow are welcome to their fantasy.

For the rest of us - say 98% of serious computer users - the only issues
are caustic speed and ruthless transparency of a single user calculation
appliance.

you did ask ...

nss
***************

[Al]

In article <36CdnbiFh5O4mdXZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Lawrence Leonard <lldc@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Al wrote:

> >>

> >
> > When I looked at the permissions of the ZIP, it had r's everywhere. Is
> > that the reason for the failure? How do I change the permissions?
> >
> > As you might be able to tell, I am not a Linux expert.
> >
> > Al

>
> A couple of questions:
>
> Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
>
> Do you have backports repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list?
> pmount has been updated but the update is in backports. There is a
> backports wiki at: [url]http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/wiki/[/url]
>
>

I have 5.1 and have allowed it make all the updates as the system
notified me of updates.

I have no idea what a backports repository is????

I've been telling my son, who is a computer engineer and deep into
Linux, that Linux is still not ready for prime time.

BTW, he lives several states away so he is no help in solving my
problem. As he makes his living doing software projects, he is has
little interest in "working" on this stuff after hours.

For example, I got a copy of the NIH imageJ program for Linux. I have to
install it. So far I haven't been able to do it. The Mac version I use
was a snap to install.

Al

[Schmidty]

Al wrote:

> In article <36CdnbiFh5O4mdXZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Lawrence Leonard <lldc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>

>>Al wrote:

>> >>

>>

>>>When I looked at the permissions of the ZIP, it had r's everywhere. Is
>>>that the reason for the failure? How do I change the permissions?
>>>
>>>As you might be able to tell, I am not a Linux expert.
>>>
>>>Al

>>
>>A couple of questions:
>>
>>Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
>>
>>Do you have backports repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list?
>>pmount has been updated but the update is in backports. There is a
>>backports wiki at: [url]http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/wiki/[/url]
>>
>>

>
>
> I have 5.1 and have allowed it make all the updates as the system
> notified me of updates.
>
> I have no idea what a backports repository is????
>
> I've been telling my son, who is a computer engineer and deep into
> Linux, that Linux is still not ready for prime time.
>
> BTW, he lives several states away so he is no help in solving my
> problem. As he makes his living doing software projects, he is has
> little interest in "working" on this stuff after hours.
>
> For example, I got a copy of the NIH imageJ program for Linux. I have to
> install it. So far I haven't been able to do it. The Mac version I use
> was a snap to install.
>
> Al

Hey Al,

to change the permissions on the program, file or directory, type the
following:

sudo chmod a+rwx {name of file or dir}

Hope that helps...

Schmidty