please help with flashing

[thesnake505]

sorry guys i know this comes up loads but im having problems flashing my n900, having had the device since january this is the first time, im using ubuntu on my laptop to flash

i have downloaded:-

maemo _flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

and

RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin

i only want to flash the rootfs so first off is the the correct stuff??

then i ran the command

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture maemo _flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

then

sudo flasher-3.5 -f RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f -r


to which i get the error
sudo: unable to execute /usr/bin/flasher-3.5: No such file or director

please advice

thanks thesnake505

[thesnake505]

can any one help?
please

[x-rated]

Did you check if flasher been installed under /usr/bin/ ? Probably more like /usr/local/bin/ so you could try sudo /usr/local/bin/flasher-3.5... If not, try "find / -name flasher-3.5" to find it.

[thesnake505]

Did you check if flasher been installed under /usr/bin/ ? Probably more like /usr/local/bin/ so you could try sudo /usr/local/bin/flasher-3.5... If not, try "find / -name flasher-3.5" to find it.

hi thanks for the reply, i have checked that flasher-3.5 is in usr/bin/ foilder and it is,
i have also tried cd to usr/bin/

and this doenst make a difference!
im going to uninstall flasher and reinstall

i tried

sudo apt-get remove flasher-3.5 and got error

E: Couldn't find package flasher-3.5


so possibly a problem with the installation of flasher?

[archebyte]

then i ran the command

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture maemo _flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb


The --force-architecture option is not needed. And from the above command, it looks it the package didn't get installed because of the space between maemo and _flasher. A re-install should work.

sudo dpkg -i maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

[thesnake505]

The --force-architecture option is not needed. And from the above command, it looks it the package didn't get installed because of the space between maemo and _flasher. A re-install should work.

sudo dpkg -i maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb

hi, thanks for the reply,

i have copid you comand and i get this error

dpkg: error processing maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb


this is probably some really simple thing i have done wrong, but i just dont know what lol
is maemo _flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.deb the correct on for using ubuntu?? cheers

[nicolai]

Instead of downloading the .deb file you can try to use the
tar.gz one. Download the file und unpack it. So, you don't need
use dpkg :-)

nicolai

[thesnake505]

hay, i downloaded the tar.gz version , unpacked it to

home/martyn/

and ran the command

sudo ./flasher-3.5 -f RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f


and get this error

sudo: unable to execute ./flasher-3.5: No such file or directory
martyn@ubuntu:~/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$

thanks

[nicolai]

Can you post the output of this command
ls -l flasher-3.5

[thesnake505]

Can you post the output of this command
ls -l flasher-3.5

-rwxr-xr-x 1 martyn martyn 79636 2009-10-21 14:13 flasher-3.5

is this correct?

[nicolai]

yes, looks good. I have no idea, it should work.
What system and distributiondo you use? (32 or 64bit)

[thesnake505]

yes, looks good. I have no idea, it should work.
What system and distributiondo you use? (32 or 64bit)

not sure about your question

im using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

and the flasher i used this one
" Maemo Flasher-3.5 Tool for Fremantle and Diablo, installation package for other than Debian based Linuxes (x86, 32-bit) "

[archebyte]

Here are the steps I followed on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
1. download
2. go to download folder
3. unzip and extract
4. execute

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

[thesnake505]

Here are the steps I followed on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
1. download
2. go to download folder
3. unzip and extract
4. execute

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


hi thanks for that howeer im still having problems, heres my version of what you did

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$

[archebyte]

strange. Does pressing the TAB key after typing ./f complete it to ./flasher-3.5?

[thesnake505]

strange. Does pressing the TAB key after typing ./f complete it to ./flasher-3.5?

that was quick and yup it does ?

[thesnake505]

that was quick and yup it does ?

something different is happaning now
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
flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009)

Unknown arguments specified!
Usage: flasher [OPTIONS]
Options:
-F, --fiasco=ARG Location of a FIASCO image
-k, --kernel=ARG Location of kernel image
-n, --initfs=ARG Location of initfs image
-r, --rootfs=ARG Location of root JFFS2 image
--cmt-2nd=ARG Location of CMT FIASCO 2nd image
--cmt-algo=ARG Location of CMT FIASCO algorithm image
--cmt-mcusw=ARG Location of CMT FIASCO MCUSW image
--cmt-no-verify Disable verification of CMT programming
-x, --xloader=ARG Location of X-Loader image
-s, --secondary=ARG Location of NOLO secondary bootloader image
-2, --2nd=ARG Location of NOLO cold flasher ("2nd") image
-u, --unpack[=ARG] Unpack a FIASCO image
-f, --flash Load and flash all supplied images
-l, --load Only load all supplied images
-b, --boot[=ARG] Boot the kernel with optional cmdline
-R, --reboot Reboot the board (e.g. after flashing NOLO)
-i, --read-device-id Print out the device type
-S, --serial-port=ARG Serial port used for cold flashing or "usb"
-I, --init-port Only initialize the serial port
-c, --cold-flash "Cold flash" the device
-h, --hw-revision=ARG Specify product code and HW revision
--enable-rd-mode Enable R&D mode on the device
--disable-rd-mode Disable R&D mode on the device
--set-rd-flags[=ARG] Set R&D mode flags on the device
--clear-rd-flags[=ARG] Clear R&D mode flags on the device
--query-rd-mode Query the device R&D mode status and flags
--set-hw-revision[=ARG] Set HW revision override on device
--flash-only=ARG Flash only certain components
-U, --usb-device=ARG Specify USB device to use (bus:device address)
martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$

[archebyte]

great! you're almost there :)

the correct command is
./flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f -R

good luck!

[thesnake505]

martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$ ./flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f -R
flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009)

RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin: No such file or directory
martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$


still a no go man, i get that error,
iv check the name and its perfect,

were should i put the RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin file, its still in my downloads folder but i get the same error when i move it to the folder with the flasher??

by the way thank you for the time your putting in to this, id be lost with out you!

[archebyte]

use the same TAB key trick to auto-complete the firmware filename after entering RX-51. If it doesn't work, the file isn't there. Do an 'ls' and make sure the file is in the folder.

by the way thank you for the time your putting in to this, id be lost with out you!

don't mention it! clicking that 'Thanks!' button is enough :)

[thesnake505]

ok now i have a new problem, have all this sorted, it says
Suitable USB device not found, waiting

so then i press and hold u and plud usb cable in and i get


USB device found found at bus 001, device address 008.
Error claiming USB interface: Operation not permitted
martyn@ubuntu:~/Downloads/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2$


:-(

[nicolai]

You still have to use sudo for flashing.

[thesnake505]

doh :D

brilliant, is flashing as im typing this, you are both brilliant, and if i ever meet you i will buy you a beer or two, thank you both for your help