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By sbkenn
#198921
Hi. I am having trouble getting the Arduino IDE to talk to my Pro Micro.
Running Ubuntu Mint, the IDE fires up OK, but:
1) What programmer type should be selected for direct USB connection.
2) Should I see a port when I use a USBasp. It is grayed out. Linux is seeing the interface when it starts up

Apr 11 19:29:59 skennie-Vostro1510 kernel: [ 2752.712190] usb 5-2: new low-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
Apr 11 19:29:59 skennie-Vostro1510 kernel: [ 2752.883594] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=16c0, idProduct=05dc
Apr 11 19:29:59 skennie-Vostro1510 kernel: [ 2752.883602] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Apr 11 19:29:59 skennie-Vostro1510 kernel: [ 2752.883608] usb 5-2: Product: USBasp
Apr 11 19:29:59 skennie-Vostro1510 kernel: [ 2752.883612] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: www.fischl.de

The target may be bricked, flashing 1s on, 0.1 off, but this starts again about 3s after double reset.

IDE message using USBasp:
Sketch uses 4126 bytes (14%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28672 bytes.
Global variables use 149 bytes (5%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2411 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2560 bytes.
PORTS {} / {} => {}
PORTS {} / {} => {}
PORTS {} / {} => {}
Couldn't find a Board on the selected port. Check that you have the correct port selected. If it is correct, try pressing the board's reset button after initiating the upload.

Please advise