AVRISPmkII in Kubuntu

AVRISPmkII in Kubuntu 12.04

AVRISPmkII is not working in Precise Pangolin (64bit)

 

Trying to find the programmer:

jarkko@i7kubuntu:~$ avrdude -c avrispmkii -p x128a3 -P usb -v

avrdude: Version 5.11.1, compiled on Oct 30 2011 at 10:37:28
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
                                             
         System wide configuration file is "/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/home/jarkko/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : avrispmkii
avrdude: usb_open(): cannot read serial number "error sending control message: Operation not permitted"
avrdude: usb_open(): cannot read product name "error sending control message: Operation not permitted"
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found [unnamed product], serno: [unknown]
avrdude: usbdev_open(): error setting configuration 1: could not set config 1: Operation not permitted
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"
            

But as a root everything works fine:

root@i7kubuntu:~# avrdude -c avrispmkii -p x128a3 -P usb -v

avrdude: Version 5.11.1, compiled on Oct 30 2011 at 10:37:28
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/root/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : avrispmkii
avrdude: usbdev_open(): Found AVRISP mkII, serno: 000200038672
         AVR Part                      : ATXMEGA128A3
         Chip Erase delay              : 0 us
         PAGEL                         : P00
         BS2                           : P00
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 0
         StabDelay                     : 0
         CmdexeDelay                   : 0
         SyncLoops                     : 0
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 0
         PollValue                     : 0x00
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom         0     0     0    0 no       2048   32      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           application    0     0     0    0 no     131072  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           apptable       0     0     0    0 no       8192  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           boot           0     0     0    0 no       8192  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           flash          0     0     0    0 no     139264  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           prodsig        0     0     0    0 no        512  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           usersig        0     0     0    0 no        512  256      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           fuse0          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           fuse1          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           fuse2          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           fuse4          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           fuse5          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : STK500V2
         Description     : Atmel avrispmkII
         Programmer Model: AVRISP mkII
         Hardware Version: 1
         Firmware Version Master : 1.13
         Vtarget         : 3.4 V
         SCK period      : 154.37 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9742

avrdude done.  Thank you.

There are many threads on various forums how to fix this, but seems that I'm not the only one who does not understand the inner workings of udev. Luckily I found one thread here that has the solution.
One must create a udev rule for the programmer, to allow users to use it.

Create a udev rule file /etc/udev/rules.d/60-avrisp.rules and put the following text in it.

SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="avrisp_end"

# Atmel AVR ISP mkII
ATTR{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTR{idProduct}=="2104", MODE="660", GROUP="dialout"

LABEL="avrisp_end"

Then create a link to it in folder /etc/udev, restart udev service and add your user to the dialout group. Or maybe the plugdev would be a better group?

root@i7kubuntu:~#ln /etc/udev/rules.d/60-avrisp.rules /etc/udev/avrisp.rules

root@i7kubuntu:~#usermod -a -G dialout jarkko
root@i7kubuntu:~#service udev restart

Now you may haveto unplug and plug in the programmer again to make it work. I think I allso had to logout to see the new group in that users konsole.

jarkko@i7kubuntu:~$ groups
jarkko adm tty disk dialout cdrom sudo audio dip plugdev users lpadmin sambashare

If you know how to make this work easier, please share it in the comment section or email me so I can share it here.