Unable to upload sketch to arduino pro-mini

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I need help. So to any expert out there kind enough to appropriately answer to my question, I appreciate your help.
I got a new FT232R USB UART connected to my pro-mini. TX to RX, RX to TX, Vcc to Vcc, ground to ground, DTR to GRN ( I do not understand what the latter does).
On my PC, the hardware manager port is (COM8), so at arduino IDE interface I clicked at COM8
and made sure the microcontroler elected is Pro-Mini Atmega 328 , 5V, 16 MHZ.
Initially looks like uploads sketch fine and when the green bar gets to the right end everything freezes for 15 seconds and then i get an error message:

Sketch uses 5058 bytes (16%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 220 bytes (10%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1828 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.

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salsiccia:
DTR to GRN ( I do not understand what the latter does).

It's to automatically reset the Pro Mini. The reason is the Pro mini must be reset to activate the bootloader, which handles the upload of your sketch. The DTR and CTS pins of the FT232R are pulsed LOW at just the right time to reset the Arduino before the upload starts. If this is not done automatically then you need to manually reset the Pro Mini at the right time.

The "GRN" and "BLK" on the silkscreen of the FTDI header pins on the Pro Mini refer to the colors of the wires in the FTDI cables (green and black), which were more commonly used in the past. This made it easy to make sure the cable wasn't connected backwards.

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Thank you for your reply.
I do not see the green and black on my Arduino compatible as advertised F232 serial communication gadget maybe made in China and wrong! How I connected it should work.
What a mess! you guys should solve this problem and make the sketch loading standard and reject
any other impostors and boycott purchase of incompatible PCB's.