Noexec mount - Refusing to exec ERROR when loading Crouton from command line

Question

I have loaded Crouton on my Chromebook many times in the past, but... I Powerwashed today to fix glitchy touchpad --- When trying to access crouton file in Downloads I get a noexec mount error. --- (No idea why the directory is suddenly noexec after years of use) --- I saw what looked like a really good fix here on AskUbuntu Stack Exchange using "sudo mount -o remount,exec,suid,dev,symfollow /home/chronos/user/Downloads/" but it didn't work for me. --- I got: "mount point not mounted or bad option"

Ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

According to the Chrome OS website shown on the same message it is stated that google made the shell to enforce noexec mounts which seems to be pretty much the whole drive. Except for /usr/local, which they left for development mode to remain exec.

So...

sudo cp ~/Downloads/crouton /usr/local

and then run the script

sudo sh /usr/local/crouton -t unity

Answer 2

For me it was

sudo cp ~/Downloads/crouton /usr/local

and then

sudo sh -e /usr/local/crouton -t touch,xfce

Why? Because -e is for encryption and xfce because unity doesn't work for me.

Answer 3

For me it was

sudo sh /usr/local/crouton -t touch,xfce

because I have a touch chromebook.

Acer Chromebook R11