Here are the steps I followed on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. 1. download 2. go to download folder 3. unzip and extract 4. execute Code: archebyte@:~ $ cd ~/downloads/ archebyte@:~/downloads$ gunzip maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar.gz archebyte@:~/downloads$ tar -xvf maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/changelog maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/README.Debian maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/copyright maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/flasher-3.5.1 maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/flasher-3.5 archebyte@:~/downloads$ cd maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ archebyte@:~/downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ls -l total 88 drwxr-xr-x 2 archebyte mustali 4096 2009-10-21 09:18 doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 archebyte mustali 79636 2009-10-21 09:13 flasher-3.5 drwxr-xr-x 3 archebyte mustali 4096 2009-10-21 09:13 man archebyte@:~/downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ./flasher-3.5 RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009) Suitable USB device not found, waiting. ^C
archebyte@:~ $ cd ~/downloads/ archebyte@:~/downloads$ gunzip maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar.gz archebyte@:~/downloads$ tar -xvf maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/changelog maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/README.Debian maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/copyright maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/flasher-3.5.1 maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/flasher-3.5 archebyte@:~/downloads$ cd maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ archebyte@:~/downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ls -l total 88 drwxr-xr-x 2 archebyte mustali 4096 2009-10-21 09:18 doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 archebyte mustali 79636 2009-10-21 09:13 flasher-3.5 drwxr-xr-x 3 archebyte mustali 4096 2009-10-21 09:13 man archebyte@:~/downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ./flasher-3.5 RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009) Suitable USB device not found, waiting. ^C
martyn@ubuntu:~$ cd ~/Downloads/ martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ gunzip maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar.gz martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ tar -xvf maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/changelog maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/README.Debian maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/doc/copyright maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/ maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/man/man1/flasher-3.5.1 maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/flasher-3.5 martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ cd maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2/ martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ls -l total 88 drwxr-xr-x 2 martyn martyn 4096 2009-10-21 14:18 doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 martyn martyn 79636 2009-10-21 14:13 flasher-3.5 drwxr-xr-x 3 martyn martyn 4096 2009-10-21 14:13 man martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ./flasher-3.5 RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin bash: ./flasher-3.5: No such file or directory martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$