Error Serial Port 'COM1' not found Arch Linux

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Hi, I need help!!!

I'm trying use Arduino on Arch Linux, but when I will upload my Arduino IDE show me a message "Serial Port 'COM1' not found", some like this.

I added my user on the groups tty, uucp and not work. In "Serial Port Menu" is greyed out then I can't change the port.

I tryed change in preference.txt and keep not work.
My dmesg | tail show me that disconnect usb, but when my Arduino is connected all LED is on.

I have a Beaglebone black and an ARM Texas Instruments, always that I connect in my computer it is recognized in dmesg | tail.

Thanks.

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Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with Arch Linux. On Mint (Debian derivative) It seems to just work. (Or maybe I made changes so long ago that I have forgotten.)

When I plug an Arduino Uno in to a USB port and go to Tools -> Port it shows the Arduino as "/dev/tty/ACM0 (Arduino Uno)" which makes it pretty easy to select the correct port.

What do you see for ports? (Oh, greyed out.)

Be aware that when you make changes to /etc/group you need to log out and log back in for the changes to be effective. If Arch uses udev you might need changes there as well. (I looked and don't think I have any customization on my system.)

One thing to try is booting a live DVD of some distro like Ubuntu, Debian or Mint. The Arduino IDE seems to work fine out of the box on those.

Good luck!

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I presume your Arch is up to date, in which case, it works fine here.

When you plug it in, what device turns up in /dev/?

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Oh and I think you need to be a member of the group "lock".

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Just wrestled with this too. I am brand new to Arduino. I had this error using the micro-usb port on the Arduino. I moved to connecting the other little pcb that has a full size usb with cable....and connecting via this I got an option of a different serial port (usb) and could then upload to the Arduino.
Ubuntu Studio - Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64bit

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I just ran into the same error. If you don't want to run the IDE as root, the instructions at http://arduino-er.blogspot.com/2014/08/arduino-ide-error-avrdude-seropen-cant.html might help you get groups sorted out.

If you're running the IDE with sudo and still getting the error, selecting your board in the menu under Tools -> Port might help. That's what fixed it for me.

Remember that Arch Linux often assigns strange names to devices. A general tactic for solving the "what's that device called here?" problem is to look at the output when you run dmesg | tail in a terminal shortly after plugging in a new device. When I run that command after plugging in my Arduino Uno, I see cdc_acm 3-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device in the output, which tells me that a recently connected device is registered as ttyACM0 rather than as COM1.

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edunham:
Remember that Arch Linux often assigns strange names to devices. A general tactic for solving the "what's that device called here?" problem is to look at the output when you run dmesg | tail in a terminal shortly after plugging in a new device. When I run that command after plugging in my Arduino Uno, I see cdc_acm 3-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device in the output, which tells me that a recently connected device is registered as ttyACM0 rather than as COM1.

I think you will find that COM1 is for brain dead systems based originally on DOS, then Windows.

All Unix systems (and that includes Mac) put then under /dev/tty* where * can change. The driver for the Uno R3 being different to standard USB to serial comes up as an ACM device.

I run the IDE under Arch as a normal non root user, having downloaded the package build script from AUR and following the instructions like add the user to groups uucp and lock.