I'm quite aware that I sound very unhelpful and perhaps even arrogant, but why did you buy the N900? Reason I ask is you have made a decision to purchase (or was it gifted?) a device that you very unfamiliar with. Even the most novice user knows what the x-terminal is.

ohk i tried running that in this thing called X terminal on my cell nd it says " -sh: 1s: not found

sorry guys sorry if im makin you guys angry .... and yes i tried it on X terminal man i just didnt know at that time you are right im not that aware of my N900 im not much of a tech guy ..sorry guys

Check the date and time on your phone. I bet it's somewhere at the 70's
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im sorry shalimus didnt mean to be rudee .... nd yes i hav tried rebooting it a couple of times

Not angry. It's more... *sigh*

We do want to help you (really! ), but for best results and quickest help, please read and understand my previous post.

The error you posted means that you didn't type the command exactly (and I do mean exactly) character for character. There was a syntax error. Try again. If you really have trouble, take a picture of your screen (showing X Terminal with the command you typed and the error message) and post it to this thread and we can help you understand where the error is, but please try to get the command right on your own first.

When I came to TMO, I was already a 'tech guy', but I didn't know much about Maemo at all. Learning is good for everyone, and I'm sure you can learn lots of useful stuff too if you have some patience and are willing to think and read. Again: we will help you where we can.

urmm no no my date and time are correct

Sorry for not responding sooner, I was attempting to have some lunch.

The error that threw up indicates that you did it wrong.

LS (space) -L (space) /home/........

Type it again making sure you input the spaces correctly, they make a huge difference.

If you cant figure it out, either highlight the text so you can see where the spaces fall, or simply copy and paste it.

In terminal if you press the title bar it'll give you a paste option.

Out of interest what firmware version are you running (menu -> settings -> about product. Version: ?) as this was a problem seen quite often with PR1.2, I've not seen it on PR1.3 yet, maybe it's just not been out long enough.

I just read your error message a bit more carefully and I realised:
Both of these are lower-case L, not a number 1... try again please

ohk sir urmm heres what it says

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-rw------- 1 user users 4063232 Jul 10 05:08 el.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 0 Jul 10 05:08 el.d
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