how do I setup arduino on bazzite?
I need to use an arduino for class, and I can't seem to get it to connect. I read up online and it says I need to add my user to the dialout group, but I already did that. Looking further, I might need to make the group, but I don't really know how to do that. My arduino uno wifi is recognized by the usb, but I can't connect to it through the IDE, I get an error:
"not in sync: resp=0x00"
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To recap:
to make sure everything works correctly I did:
sudo usermod -aG input $USER...
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There's a ujust to add yourself to the input group
Run it with --show specified and it'll give you the full bash that gets run
Simply use that and replace input for dialout
I ran:
sudo usermod -a -G input $USER
and it didn't work, I'm still getting the resp=0x00 error.
I'm not sure what is wrong, It recognizes the arduino, assigns it a serial port, and I can get the board info in the IDE, but whenever I try to do a firmware update, or upload a sketch, it thinks there is no board connected. Is this a problem with gear lever or something?
Sketch uses 934 bytes (2%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.
"/var/home/isaac/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" "-C/var/home/isaac/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" -v -V -patmega328p -carduino "-P/dev/ttyACM0" -b115200 -D "-Uflash:w:/home/isaac/.cache/arduino/sketches/70933FC544C76EB04003D9B02FF69337/pin2_led_blink.ino.hex:i"
avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/var/home/isaac/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/isaac/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/ttyACM0
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude done. Thank you.
Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1
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I wanted to preface that nothing is connected to the board, I am uploading a simple blink program. I have tried two separate brand new USB cables. The board is also unused, brand new. I don't think this is an issue with the IDE, but if it is maybe someone knows.
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I can't reflash the bootloader either, it gives me this error when I try:
avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/var/home/isaac/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/isaac/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : usb
Using Programmer : stk500v2
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104)
avrdude done. Thank you.
Failed chip erase: uploading error: exit status 1
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I also wanted to say that it would be nice to have this fixed by tomorrow, I have lab tomorrow. I can switch over to windows since I can dual boot to an SD card, but it would be better to get this figured out since I'm sure other people will have issues with it. Also, windows 11 drains my battery really fast.
I just tested an R3, and it works, it might be a support issue for the R4 and R4 wifi
I also tested a regular R4 with no wifi
To recap:
arduino R4 - Doesn't work
arduino R4+wifi - Doesn't work
arduino R3 - Does work
arduino nano - Might work (permission denied error)
The arduino nano uses ttyUSB0 instead of ttyACM0, so that might be related.
I gone through several troubleshooting steps to try to get it to work, I'm not a software expert, I'm a hardware tinkerer. I think this might be a bug in either the IDE, or the operating system. nothing I have tried works including but not limited to:
tried multiple usb cables
tried resetting it
tried putting the arduino in bootloader mode
tried adding myself to dialout, tty, input groups, and restarted after each one
tried kernel updating
tried IDE updater
Nothing.
If you want more info I'll be happy to provide it. I really want to use the R4, since it has better analog capabilities than the R3
OK, so here I have a different R3, this one is offbrand arduino, it's OSEPP branded, and it has the same issue as the nano. looking further into the issue in the IDE:
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "/dev/ttyUSB0": Permission denied
running in terminal:
(base) isaac@bazzite:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
gives:
crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 188, 0 Oct 14 09:00 /dev/ttyUSB0
SO DIALOUT GROUP DOES EXIST, and it has access to /dev/ttyUSB0
adding my user to the dialout group does not work, how do I go about doing this? does the dialout group exist in bazzite?
like, is dialout setup for bazzite?
I finally figured it out, it's an IDE related issue, you need to go into board manager and make sure you have the proper board installed in the IDE:
there's an entirely seperate manager for the R4 boards, so it was having some driver issues.
Solution
To recap:
to make sure everything works correctly I did:
sudo usermod -aG input $USER
sudo usermod -aG tty $USER
reboot
install IDE, add the appimage to gear lever app.
boot the IDE with the board plugged in, then access the board manager, the icon shaped like a board on the left hand side, and install the manager for specific board you have. R4s have different microcontroller chips than regular Unos so that was my issue.