in regards to the rm command..... I did chmod the files to 777 and it returned through but I just tried again and:<div><br></div><div><div>  $ sudo chmod 777 *</div><div>  [sudo] password for bmike1: </div><div>  chmod: changing permissions of `install-upon-restore-Laptop.txt&#39;: Read-only file system</div>

<div>  chmod: changing permissions of `install-upon-restore-PC.txt&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  chmod: changing permissions of `Mark Work History.rtf&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  chmod: changing permissions of `msgr11us.exe&#39;: Read-only file system</div>

<div>  chmod: changing permissions of `Resume-Resume.odt&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  chmod: changing permissions of `The New Kind.zip&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  chmod: changing permissions of `Yearly Template.ods&#39;: Read-only file system</div>

<div><br></div><div>So that is my problem with the flash drive.</div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

How is it done? I tried to merely delete everything off of the drive but couldn&#39;t:<div><br></div><div><div>  $: sudo rm -rf * </div><div>  rm: cannot remove `install-upon-restore-Laptop.txt&#39;: Read-only file system</div>


<div>  rm: cannot remove `install-upon-restore-PC.txt&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  rm: cannot remove `Mark Work History.rtf&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  rm: cannot remove `msgr11us.exe&#39;: Read-only file system</div>


<div>  rm: cannot remove `Resume-Resume.odt&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  rm: cannot remove `The New Kind.zip&#39;: Read-only file system</div><div>  rm: cannot remove `Yearly Template.ods&#39;: Read-only file system</div>


<div><br></div><div> I want to do this so I can create the usb drive for xbmc.</div><div><br></div><div>I found xbmcbuntu and it worked great from the disk but after I installed it not so much. The the x server wouldn&#39;t work. It took me to a (text) log in screen but it was flashing on an interval of about once a second. I did login and typed &#39;startx&#39; and that stopped the flashing but:</div>


<div><br></div><div>  ...</div><div>  Module Loader present</div><div>  Markers: (--) probed, (**) frrom config file, (==) default setting.... (etc)</div><div>  (==) Log file: &quot;/var/log/Xorg.0.log&quot;, Time: &lt;time&gt;</div>


<div>  (==) Using config file: &quot;/etc/X11/xorg.conf&quot;</div><div>  (EE) Failed to load module &quot;type1&quot; (module does not exist, 0)  (EE) No devices detected.</div><div><br></div><div>  Fatal server error:</div>


<div>  No screens found</div><div>  Giving up.</div><div>  &lt;?&gt;init: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server</div><div>  &lt;?&gt;init: No such process (errno 3): Server error.</div><div>

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</div><div>&lt;?&gt;= what can&#39;t read or guess as to what is there</div><div>Looking at this it seems it has something to do with module &#39;type1&#39; not being present meaning it has to do with ubuntu?</div><div>May I hazard to guess that &#39;type1&#39; is a variable that hasn&#39;t been assigned?</div>


<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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