salam. i have a strange problem with my n900. this occured right after using my device with my pc in mass storage mode,also maybe i deleted few files which i think were something like .aptcache.

i can view camera files,through image viewer but the dcim folder is not visible in filemanager,nor when i connect it to pc.
somebody plz help me as i need my pics,videos etc

thanks

i used tracker-processes command on xterminal, and now i cannot even view them on mediaplayer or image viewer!!!!
somebody plz plz plz help me. i need to get my photos back. the are not deleted because i could use them even though i couldnot see the folder. plz help

UPDATE:

try type this in xterminal:

sudo gainroot (I assumed you've got this rootsh installed, you can ignore this part if you want. I got used to do things as super user lol so this is my habit. But for you, you are a beginner therefore being as super user will harm your device than good. Stay away from Super User if you are a newbie to Linux. It's ver dangerous.)
cd /home/user/MyDocs
ls -A (You'll see a list of files, now try find DCIM.)

cd /home/user/MyDocs/DCIM ("this will get into DCIM folder")

if you can get inside it then your DCIM folder is there. Type

ls to show everything in the DCIM folder but excluding the hidden files

And also if you got a memory card then do this also

cd /media/mmc1/

ls -A

cd DCIM
ls

"ls" = LS in lower case. It is not "is", all Linux commands are typed in lower case. Remember this.
hope this helps.

Good Luck

thanks maxximuscool for taking interest. i followed ur commands upto:cd /home/user/MyDocs/DCIM, than after typing is,it said is not found. i have attached a pic of xterminal. plz help.thanks

ls
not
is

nicolai

I can see the DCIM folder in there. You typed the command incorrectly.

Type LS in lower case "ls" not "is".
"is" is not a command
"ls" is a command

Try again.

i typed ls, and i got a list of contents of the folder,but how to access them via filemanager?

Plz somebody find me a wayout, The xterminal shows all the files,which means they are there, but how to access them via filemanager? and why doesnot filemanager show them?
Help,thanks

The filemanager uses localized(?) names for directorys like
Documents, Photos, ....
In german the DCIM folders is named "Kamera".

nicolai

Dear Nicolai, I dont know if u understood my problem. The xterminal shows all of the folder, but the folders are not seen in filemanager, so there is some error. Even when i opened Ansel-A to edit pics, all pics were loaded, but they fail to be seen when i use filemanager.
Thanks