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You could try 'ls -la' (navigate to the directory with fastboot first, it will make everything easier, instead of putting the full path each time) to check permissions and ownership. There should be a couple of columns with something like root:fracman or whatever your username is. Then try...

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip This zip has the latest tools. Download, unzip, cd to the directory you extracted it to, and use ./fastboot for the fastboot things, and ./adb for those.

To Ubuntu users: the android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot packages won't necessarily work. The fastboot from the repos didn't have the same options as the one from the zip from Google. So if you are getting a usage dialog after running fastboot, that is why.

USB A to USB C cable did it. Thanks for the help!

Ah, I only have one USC C cable and one USB C port. I'll grab a USB A to C cable after work. Will update in about 9 hours. Thanks!

So I was going to unlock my boot loader and do all the fun rooting things now that Magisk is working, and when I got to the point of entering fastboot to run the necessary commands, it would just reboot as soon as I entered fastboot mode. To be clear, I turned off my phone, waited a bit...

Settings->Security Causes Settings to FC After Setting Password Lock [Chroma 1/18/16] Hello, I bought a Nexus 6 off the recent Amazon sale, rooted it and flashed Chroma (and the recommended GApps) on it. It has been great so far, until this morning when I decided I wanted to have it password...

Settings->Security Causes Settings to FC After Setting Password Lock [Chroma 1/18/16] Hello, I bought a Nexus 6 off the recent Amazon sale, rooted it and flashed Chroma (and the recommended GApps) on it. It has been great so far, until this morning when I decided I wanted to have it password...