I can't upload to lilypad

Hello to all,
I have changed from windows xp to lubuntu 15.04 and since that I have been unable to upload programs to an arduino lilypad. I have been successful to upload programs to arduino Uno R3 as before, but not to the lilypad. I have tried that with all types of programs, even the blink one, with no success. I have experienced with different brands of ftdi to usb converter and the results were exactly the same. The Board is set to Lilypad Arduino; the port to ttyUSB0 and the programmer to AVR ISP.The message I get when attempting to upload a program is:

Sketch uses 1,030 bytes (3%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30,720 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2,039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes.

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xe0

avrdude: stk500_getparm(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xe0
avrdude: stk500_initialize(): (a) protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xe0
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.

avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0xe0
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

I appreciate any help in this issue.

Best regards,

Felix C. G. Santos

Hi, welcome to the forum.

The communication between the usb-serial adapter and the Lilypad could be wrong. Are you sure everything is connected okay, and also the reset/dtr wire ?
Did you add yourself to the 'dialout' group ?
Did you try it in Windows ?

Using a usb-serial adapter to RX,TX,DTR is totally different than using a programmer with the MISO,MOSI and the other signals. Did you perhaps try a programmer, and now the bootloader has been removed ?