htaccess permissions not working?

[deadmike]

I've set up a wordpress site, and am trying to use permalinks. In wordpress, I get the error saying my htaccess isn't writable, but I uploaded an htaccess file to my main wordpress directory and even tried setting it to 777 to no avail. I still get the error.

What could be going on?

[seitenblicke]

Do you have set the dot (.) at first character of your filename? It must be .htaccess

[pheelx3]

you can also add whatever you need to the .htaccess yourself manually... If you need help, just reply here.

Regards, P

[seitenblicke]

you can also add whatever you need to the .htaccess yourself manually

That was not his question. His file isn't working at all. So it doesn't make sense to add more stuff to this file.