[Elecraft] K3 update issues on Linux

[Mike Clarke]

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Mike Clarke <clarkema at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to update my K3 using the firmware utility on Linux (Debian Lenny.)

[snip]

> As a result, the downloaded files are saved in $HOME/Elecraft, rather
> than $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware, and it seems the firmware updater
> doesn't detect them.  I tried:
>
> $ cd ~ ; rm -rf Elecraft ; mkdir Elecraft
> $ tar -zxvf k3utility.tgz -C Elecraft
> $ cd Elecraft
> $ mkdir K3_Firmware
>
> and then tried the update again.  This time, the files are downloaded
> without complaint, and stored in $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware.
>
> However, when the download is complete, I get an error dialog: "An
> exception of class NilObjectException was not handled.  The
> application must shut down."

An off-list reply from David, W4SMT, prompted some further checks.  If I unpack
the original tarball into ~/foo instead of ~/Elecraft, it all seems to
work correctly;
I can download updated firmware from Elecraft, and the utility offers
to allow me
to update my rig.

The problem _seems_ be caused by my random selection of ~/Elecraft as a
directory to unpack the tarball into.  It seems that, because that directory
already existed when k3util was first run, it didn't create
~/Elecraft/K3_Firmware
as it did when I unpacked into ~/foo.  Possibly a bug in k3util, or I
have missed
something?

Thanks,

-- 
Mike, M0PRL