Linux Mint 17.2 and USBasp...

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Hi All.
For a change I am trying to get along with Linux Mint 17.2 and while Arduino IDE 1.5.x and Ueide seem to work OK, including the FTDIxx module for programmimg the Pro mini I am having no luck at all using an USBasp programmer (this works fine under Win7-64).

Most of the time the fault seems to be it can't find the USBasp..

I have lots of spare USB ports but it never seems to find them, some folks say Linux/Mac has the drivers built-in? others say not and you need to do a bit in the terminal!

Please can someone give me an answer, or point me in the right direction..

Any ideas?

Regards

Mel.

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What is USBasp ? Have you a link to it ?

I am using Linux (Puppy Linux).

...R

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Hi Robin2,
Our paths cross again! do you answer every question on this forum?? It just seems like it, and good that you try.

USBasp is a simple programmer for Arduino and google will show many results..

It started here:USBasp - USB programmer for Atmel AVR controllers - fischl.de on this site it says:

Drivers
On Linux and MacOS X no kernel driver is needed. Windows requires a driver for USBasp:
usbasp-windriver.2011-05-28.zip (70 kB)

But there are many copies, including cheap Chinese one's guess which I got!!

Both the Arduino IDE and Uecide report that they can't find the device.

Regards

Mel.

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I sort-of figure from what you say the USBasp is a piece of hardware that connects to a PC with USB and its other end connects to the Atmel chip to be programmed. (I had thought it was a piece of software)

If that is so, what do you see when you type lsusb at the console ?
and what do you see if you type dmesg immediately after you connect or disconnect the device from your PC

...R

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You might need to add a udev rule that will allow you to access the device. Download the firmware package from: USBasp - USB programmer for Atmel AVR controllers - fischl.de you will find a udev rule under bin/linux-nonroot, or just use the rule below.

Plug in the USBasp, open a terminal and run the lsusb command.
Bus 004 Device 003: ID VendorID:ProductID VOTI USBasp AVR Programmer
See that the vendor and product ID's match the udev rule, if not, edit the rule.

99-USBasp.rules

Copy this file to /etc/udev/rules.d

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="16c0", SYSFS{idProduct}=="05dc", MODE="0666"

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tf68:
You might need to add a udev rule

Your advice is almost certainly useful (not sure if it is essential, though it may be convenient)

But this is a wonderful example of the delights of Linux for newbies ....

...R