new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

Hello,

i have tried all sorts of searches in google and on the forum. please be gentle with a N900/linux newbie!

I love my nokia n900. its great as a phone and camera. had it about a month now.

Decided to go looking in all the apps folders and saw the DR NokSNES app. got it on.

Brill. Downloaded a rom zip on my windows XP pc and sent it to my Nokia via usb cable.

However, in filemanager and Dr NokSnes, when i open FM or Rom in DrNS, they both say "(no files/folders)" and have a greyed out folder up arrow.

Have i done something to make these two apps point to a non valid folder?

If I click file manager title bar it only gives me memory usage and no change folder option etc.

I downloaded filebox, and in home "mydocs" it is only showing me the DCIM folder... not the other folders i see on my pc via usb....so i cannot see the SNES folder i made with the Ghosts'n Goblins.zip in it.

I soooo want to play that game on there :)

Do i need to do some linux ownership things to make the folders visible to filemanager and drNokSnes?

many thanks inadvance for your inevitably helpful reponses :o

Re: new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

The Documents, Images, ... folders are hidden folders. They
have a "dot" in front of the name. ".documents" for example. The
visible name "Documents" in the builtin filemanager is a
localized name.
In filebox you can enable the option to show the hidden folders.

Nicolai

Re: new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

Make sure you disconnect the usb cable. you can't see or use any files if the n900 is connected to the pc. (except for an empty DCIM)

Re: new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

thanks for your help, i think i have sussed it. disconnected usb and rebooted the N900, and now all the files are working.... :)

Re: new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

thanks ZAS and nicolai

Re: new user - where shold i put my query about file manager -no files
 

Just so you know, you definitely needed to disconnect from the PC, but you shouldn't have needed to reboot the N900.