problems installing sansapatcher

[John]

I have a new c250 (version 1) and I am running Ubuntu.
The sansa is showing up under /media/Sansa c250 when it is connected to my computer.
I have sansapatcher installed in /home/john and I root privileges.

When I try and install sansapatcher I get the following output:
Press ENTER to exit sansapatcher :cd $HOME
john@john-laptop:~$ chmod +x sansapatcher
john@john-laptop:~$ ./sansapatcher
sansapatcher v0.6 with v4.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[ERR]  No E200s or C200s found, aborting
[ERR]  Please connect your sansa and ensure it is in UMS mode
[ERR]  You may also need to run sansapatcher as root.
[ERR]  Please refer to the Rockbox manual if you continue to have problems.

Press ENTER to exit sansapatcher :

Why is my laptop not seeing the C250?

[gevaerts]

Try running it with sudo

[John]

Thank you for your reply but I am still missing something:

john@john-laptop:/$ cd ~
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo chmod +x sansapatcher
john@john-laptop:~$ ./sansapatcher
sansapatcher v0.6 with v4.0 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[ERR]  No E200s or C200s found, aborting
[ERR]  Please connect your sansa and ensure it is in UMS mode
[ERR]  You may also need to run sansapatcher as root.
[ERR]  Please refer to the Rockbox manual if you continue to have problems.

[LambdaCalculus]

What is the Sansa firmware's version number? You can find out by going to Settings > System Info.

[AlexP]

john@john-laptop:~$ sudo chmod +x sansapatcher
john@john-laptop:~$ ./sansapatcher

You need to run sansapatcher with sudo, not chmod...

[John]

Robert,
The firmware is Version 01.00.04A

[LambdaCalculus]

Just making sure.

Run sudo ./sansapatcher.

[John]

I seem to have sansapatcher in my directory which is below the home directory.
Either way it isn't running

Here is my output:
john@john-laptop:/home$ sudo /.sansapatcher
[sudo] password for john:
sudo: /.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:/home$ sudo /john/.sansapatcher
sudo: /john/.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:/home$ cd john
john@john-laptop:~$ ls
Accoounts      jpilot.log              PDF           Templates
Addresses.odb  memo_file               Photos        Turboprint
Desktop        MFFDM224_492142.PDF     Pictures      Videos
Documents      Music                   Public
Examples       MyPDA                   Rockbox
Gallery        nautilus-debug-log.txt  sansapatcher
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo /.sansapatcher
sudo: /.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:~$

[saratoga]

Here is my output:
john@john-laptop:/home$ sudo /.sansapatcher
[sudo] password for john:
sudo: /.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:/home$ sudo /john/.sansapatcher
sudo: /john/.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:/home$ cd john
john@john-laptop:~$ ls
Accoounts      jpilot.log              PDF           Templates
Addresses.odb  memo_file               Photos        Turboprint
Desktop        MFFDM224_492142.PDF     Pictures      Videos
Documents      Music                   Public
Examples       MyPDA                   Rockbox
Gallery        nautilus-debug-log.txt  sansapatcher
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo /.sansapatcher
sudo: /.sansapatcher: command not found
john@john-laptop:~$

This isn't how unix works.  Use the exact command you had before, except add a sudo.  Don't change anything else, just the sudo. 

[bluebrother]

john@john-laptop:/home$ sudo /.sansapatcher

You swapped / and .

[John]

Thank you for all your help
Somehow I have got it installed and working