so i have a bootloader question. i have reviewed the other posts about this topic, but i'm not sure if they address the issue i have. i have a new diecimilia and the most recent version of the arduino environment (0010.) i am trying to burn the bootloader. i've found instructions on how to do this in various places on the internet, but most do not seem to take into account the new 'burn bootloader' function in the arduino environment. (hence, they are older instructions and more oriented towards using AVR studio 4.)
so when i set things up using the AVR-ISP mkII connected to the computer and the arduino diecimilia powered externally i get the following error message in the arduino environment:
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"
apologies if this is a simple question, but if anybody has any suggestions i would appreciate it. i noticed in some of the bootloader documentation - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Hacking/Bootloader - that there is mention of certain bootloader commands that should be in the local preferences file. i noticed in my prefs file those commands are missing. should i add them in?
What operating system are you on? If Windows, have you installed the AVR usb drivers for using the AVRISP with AVR Studio? You need to uninstall those to use the USB drivers for the AVRISP for avrdude. See: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1185405709
hello i'm back... i looked at the suggested notes you linked to and tried my best to make sense of them... still i have a few questions. sorry in advance if they seem silly.
where do you find the directories "/usr/local/include" and "/usr/local/lib." are these supposed to be relative paths to certain directories in the arduino build?
where is "avrdude-5.4-arduino" located?
that's really just the beginning, since the more i've looked at your notes the more confused i've become... i have uninstalled AVR studio 4 completely, though the ISP-mkII is still recognized by my machine.
Sorry, those notes were really meant as reminders for me.
You'll need to uninstall the AVRISP mkII drivers that came with AVR Studio, using the AVR Studio install/uninstall/setup program. Then, when you plug in the AVRISP mkII, it should ask for drivers for it, at which point you need to point it to the libusb drivers. I think you can get them with a download of WINAVR.