/scratchbox/users/maemo/targets/FREMANTLE_ARMEL/etc/resolv.confbash: /scratchbox/users/maemo/targets/FREMANTLE_ARMEL/etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied

anyway if i browse it and try to open with a text editor i have:

# Generated by NetworkManager
domain localdomain
search localdomain
nameserver 172.16.250.2

You could check your FREMANTLE_X86 version as well (same path with X86 instead of ARMEL) as I realize that is where you are actually working (the emulator not the cross compiler)

What's the content of your sources.list for the X86 target now? and what exactly is the output from 'fakeroot apt-get update' in Scratchbox.

FOR X86 I have :

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse

That looks very much like your host machines sources.list Ubuntu9.10.

What is the contents of
/scratchbox/users/maemo/targets/FREMANTLE_X86/etc/apt/sources.list
?

It should look very much like the example that I posted earlier.

deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras fremantle free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras fremantle free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel fremantle free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel fremantle free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing fremantle free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing fremantle free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/******************************** nokia-binaries

and the errors / output of 'fakeroot apt-get update' from within the scratchbox environment for the FREMANTLE_X86 target?

it is saying that it can't connect to repositories

i was using nokia's ubuntu image(with sdk preinstalled)...now i am installing the sdk in a fresh ubuntu installation...maybe this will solve my problem..