avrdude + usbasp = "cannot set sck period"

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I picked up a (an?) usbasp from Ebay and I'm having problems getting it to program my Duemillinove.

Linux recognizes it, and the permissions are set correctly but when I try and use avrdude I get an sck error every time. I have the usbasp plugged in to my PC, and the pins mapped to the ICSP header on the Duemillinove. When I plug it in, the power light on the Duemillinove turns on, so I know I'm halfway there. When I run avrdude the TX/RX lights on my Duemillinove blink really quick and I get:

bakers@snikt(~)
:avrdude -c usbasp -p ATMEGA328P

avrdude: warning: cannot set sck period. please check for usbasp firmware update.
avrdude: error: programm enable: target doesn't answer. 1 
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.


avrdude done.  Thank you.

Is there a step I'm missing?

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Were you able to confirm the firmware is updated?

3

I looked in to that, and to upgrade the firmware requires another programmer. The last firmware available was release almost 18 months ago. I was just assuming/hoping that it would be semi-current.

Before I went down that road I wanted a sanity check that I was doing the right steps. I guess I could try Windows, to see if it works there?

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My USB ASP programmer works in windows.

http://www.mdfly.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=415

I don't use unix/linux/apple. Can't advise you there.

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I picked up a 10 pin to 6 pin converter instead of trying to jumper direct to my board and now it works fine. I triple checked my pin outs, but obviously I missed something.

It's working now, thanks for the sanity check.