avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB dev

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I have a weird one.

I have a new Duemilanove (328) connecting to Arduino 17 on a Mac running 10.5.7. (I've seen some trouble with the new Java update, so have delayed that for now !)

When I try to upload the Blinking LED example sketch, I get a message:

avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"

It's doing my head in !!

I've connected the board to a Windows machine and another newer, black keys macbook. I was able to install all the drivers and successfully upload a sketch, so I know all the cables and the board are good.

I've run the FDMI driver, (for the windows machine + mac I needed 2.2.9 driver, not the 2.2.10 off the site). On this mac, I've tried both versions, but no go :S

Any ideas or past solutions you might be able to offer ?
Much appreciated !!

Until then, I hate our robot overlords !!!

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Still working on this, a bit desperado !

A few corrections to my earlier post:

I meant FTDI drivers. On the windows machine, I used 2.1.9 to get my board running. The Windows machine ran XP, the Mac ran 10.5.7.

I've run both the 2.1.9 and the newer 2.2.10 FTDI drivers. I've also attempted a number of uninstalls and reinstalls.

I notice that when the message appears, the whole time there is no activity on the RX and TX LEDs on the board, so the sketch isn't getting out of the computer.

Still sounds like a driver issue :S

I had a look in the System Profiler, the board registers properly there. Arduino also picks up the serial port. I have correctly set Arduino to look for a board with ATMega328.