Arduino IDE status bar in Ubuntu 12.04 shows "Arduino Uno on COM2"!

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I installed Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook. The Tools > Serial Port menu entry is greyed out and at the bottom right of the IDE status bar it says, "Arduino Uno on COM2"! How that got to be, I cannot say, but it's obviously wrong. I am not using Wine or a virtual PC. Re-installing the IDE or installing Arduino 1.5 or Wiring makes no difference. All of them show the same display in the bottom right of the status bar.

Where do I poke a finger to set this right?

Rajiv

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hey, i am having the same problem*, but after having the same board (uno r3) work. i believe it is an issue with a usb driver and can be fixed through the terminal, i just have no idea what package needs reinstalled or updated. i will let you know when i find a fix. -jay

  • = (ubuntu 12.04 lts running Arduino IDE, after trying to access the serial port the option is greyed out in the tool menu.)
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You most likely need to join the group dialout so that you have access rights to the /dev/ttyACM ports.

Entering the command, groups, in a terminal will show the groups you belong to.

In a terminal the command, sudo adduser YourUserName dialout, will add you to the dialout group.

Logout and login after you run adduser.