jantje/arduino-eclipse-plugin — Issue #7: AVRDude reports that serial port not found
Author: jbernardis
Created: 2012-02-25 03:41:44+00:00
State: open

Ubuntu
Eclipse Indigo
Arduino IDE 1.0
Plugin version 1.2.0

When I try to upload to my arduino, I get a dialog box that states that the port doesn't exist. I dismiss the dialog box, and then the upload happens normally. It asks me if I've chosen the correct port on the properties page. When I go to the properties page, the port DOES appear to be a drop-down list, but the drop-down button is disabled. So I just enter my port name: /dev/ttyACM0 - this is the same port name as is used by the arduino IDE.

I noticed that the port name appears in two places - on the project properties page for Arduino, and under each configuration for AVRDUDE. If I remove the port name from the arduino page, I get the same result. If I remove the port name from the avrdude configuration, I get a different error and it seems to be trying to use an alternate port name.

I guess since it ultimately works, this isn't really a bug, but I thought I should bring it to your attention.