I came across this thread after trying to reflash my n800 using suse 11.2 and the static flashe binary...

# ./flasher-3.5 -F RX-34_DIABLO_5.2008.43-7_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R
flasher v0.9.0 (Jan 19 2007)

SW version in image: RX-34_DIABLO_5.2008.43-7_PR_MR0
Image 'kernel', size 1536640 bytes
Version 2.6.21-200842maemo1
Image 'initfs', size 2327808 bytes
Version 0.95.22-200842maemo1w38b3
Image 'rootfs', size 138149888 bytes
Version RX-34+RX-44+RX-48_DIABLO_5.2008.43-7_PR_MR0
Image '2nd', size 8192 bytes
Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602
Version 1.1.16-200844maemo2
Image 'xloader', size 9088 bytes
Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602
Version 1.1.16-200844maemo2
Image 'secondary', size 99072 bytes
Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602
Version 1.1.16-200844maemo2
USB device found found at bus 001, device address 024
Error claiming USB interface: Device or resource busy


I also tried with an older flasher - 3.0 - and it didn't work :-(