Can't get Arduino IDE to connect to Robot Control board.

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I'm using Arduino IDE v1.0.5 running on Kubuntu 12.4 on an AMD 64 bit processor.

I plug in the Robot Control board and start up the Arduino IDE and in the bottom right corner of the window it shows "Arduino Robot Control on /dev/hidraw0". After opening the Robot Control R01_Logo sketch and then looking at Tools->Serial Port what is shown is /dev/ttyACM0. If I try to upload the sketch, Led1 on the Robot Control board blinks for a second or so and then I get an error above the output pane "Couldn't find a Leonardo on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. ......"

I've tried editing the preferences.txt file to have the serial port point to /dev/hidraw0, but it is always changed back to /dev/ttyACM0. I've searched for "ttyACM0" & "ACM0" in the arduino-1.0.5 directory to see in there was another way to change the default port but I can't find those strings.

I've searched the forum for references to /dev/hidraw0 and the only posts have to do with Leonardo boards, or it is showing up as connected to some other device entirely, nothing relating to the Robot Control board.

How do I get the IDE to use the /dev/hidraw0 port?

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It might help if you said which "Robot Control" board you are using. There seem to be a few choices.

Is it the one from dipmicro? Robot Control Board ATMEGA328 ATMEGA328P Arduino UNO Compatible + USB Cable - dipmicro electronics

"Compatible with Arduino UNO 2011. You will need Prolific PL2303 USB Driver. Select Prolific serial port and Arduino Uno in Arduino IDE. Also includes USB Cable. Works with XP, Vista, Win7, but NOT Win8!"

Does Kubuntu 12.4 come with the Prolific PL2303 USB Driver?

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Sorry,

The Arduino Robot Control board. Arduino just released a Robot with a Control board on top, and a Motor board on the bottom.

I would suspect that I will have troubles connecting to the Motor board also, just haven't gotten that far.

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Did you install the Arduino Leonardo drivers?

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As I said in my original post, I'm running on Kubuntu 12.4. Kubuntu is a Linux Distribution based on Ubuntu. According to the link provided it is not necessary to install any special drivers on Linux.

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Sorry for the nectro-post, but I'm having the exact same issue. And seen as how OP's issue isn't resolved, I'd love to have an answer to why my robot isn't working.

Feels like the XKCD comic 979.