I got arduino installed in ubuntu but can't find the program now

Software IDE 2.x
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I did some experiments with my VirtualBox VM and ran into the same problem you had with the VirtualBox guest completely locking up when I attempted an upload. I investigated the problem by checking the VirtualBox logs for the VM and found this key line that occurred at the time of the freeze:

00:03:23.540627 OHCI: Software reset

That lead me to this forum discussion:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=93005

where I found the solution:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=448185#p448185

what worked for me in this situation was to set the USB controller to USB 3.0 vs. 2.0

I'll provide more detailed instructions for that fix:

  1. If the VM is running, power it off (or kill it in Windows Task Manager if it is frozen).
  2. Switch to the VirtualBox Manager window.
  3. Right click on the machine that is having the freezing problem.
    A context menu will open.
  4. Select "Settings..." from the menu.
    The "Settings" dialog will open.
  5. Select "USB" from the navigation pane at the left side of the dialog.
  6. Select the "USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller" radio button.
  7. Click the "OK" button at the bottom of the "Settings" dialog.

Now start the VM and try uploading again. This time the problem of the guest freezing should not occur.

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