Running UFS Explorer under Linux

In order to access physical drives, software must be started with 'root' privileges. There are several methods to run the software using Windows Manager or command line. In order to run, UFS Explorer software requires running X Window system with any desktop window manager, including simple XDM.

If you are logged in as limited user, to run the software with access to local physical drives, you have to elevate software privileges. You may do this using:

• gksu GNOME utility (when available);
• kdesu KDE utility (when available);
• su or sudo command line utility.

In case user has no rights use 'switch user' you have to either re-login under different user account or grant 'su' right to the user. More information is available in the documentation for your Linux distribution.

If you are logged in as a root, no elevation is required and you may run UFS Explorer software directly (including using of desktop manager applications menu).

The software is installed by default into /usr/bin/ folder and thus should be available for invoking without full path specification (available in "${PATH}").

The application names for UFS Explroer editions are:

• ufsxsci - Standard Recovery edition;
• ufsxrci - RAID Recovery edition;
• ufsxpci - Professional Recovery edition.

To run the software from command line, type application executable name e.g.:
#> ufsxsci

If elevation is required, run it with elevation:
$> su root -c ufsxsci
or
$> sudo ufsxsci


If nothing happens

First make sure there are no error messages or incorrect syntax reports. If no error is reported and application does not appear, please make sure of the following:

• Connected hard drives have good data connection and no bad blocks - this causes long delay on program start.
• OS has no pending states such as pending update installations etc. - it's recommended to restart your system before you continue software using.