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I am trying to upload a hex file to an ATtiny85 from Ubuntu by running these commands:

avr-gcc -mmcu=attiny85 -Wall -Os -o src.elf main.cpp
avr-objcopy -j .text -j .data -O ihex src.elf src.hex
avrdude -p t85 -c avrispmkII -e -U flash:w:src.hex

I get this error:

avrdude: ser_open(): can't set attributes for device "/dev/ttyS0": Inappropriate ioctl for device

I tried to use different USB ports, but that didn't help. How can I resolve this issue?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Try using 'sudo' before the avrdude command, you might have your usb permissions a little whacky. Also you may need to make sure you're using the right port which you can override with the -P flag to avrdude. \$\endgroup\$ – NickHalden Apr 29 '13 at 17:44
  • \$\begingroup\$ Nope, 'sudo' did not work... \$\endgroup\$ – user151324 Apr 29 '13 at 17:47
  • \$\begingroup\$ You might see stackoverflow.com/questions/9929587/… Can't really help you with the AVRISP beyond that so removed my answer which applied more to stk500 style USB serial programmers/Arduino ISP sketches. \$\endgroup\$ – Chris Stratton Apr 29 '13 at 17:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ ) Unplug your programmer; 2) On the command line enter sudo dmesg -c; 3) Plug in your programmer; 4) On the command line enter `sudo dmesg -c again and copy its output into your question. \$\endgroup\$ – jippie Apr 29 '13 at 22:40
  • \$\begingroup\$ This is pretty easy to solve once you know what to look for. Consider joining us in chat: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/15/electrical-engineering I can talk you through it. \$\endgroup\$ – jippie Apr 29 '13 at 22:42
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A short write-up from chat.

First make sure the driver module is loaded, apparently this does not happen automatically:

Option 1: On the fly: modprobe cdc-acm

Option 2: To load the module at boot time:

  • sudo bash -c 'echo hoi >> /etc/modules Notice the double >> is important.
  • reboot
  • check if the module is loaded: lsmod | grep cdc-acm && echo success || echo failed

You should be able to program the device using:

sudo avrdude -v -p t85 -c avrispmkII -P usb -U flash:w:src.hex

Check this question for more information: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5412727/avrisp-mkii-doesnt-work-with-avrdude-in-linux

Not sure what the reason is for the error message you reported at this point:

avrdude: stk500v2_command(): command failed
avrdude: stk500v2_program_enable(): bad AVRISPmkII connection status: Target not detected
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1

Your to do list:

  1. Automatically load the cdc-acm module => Described above.
  2. Figure out what is wrong with your udev rules, so you do not have to use sudo for programming => check https://askubuntu.com/ for that.
  3. Figure out why the programmer doesn't respond. https://electronics.stackexchange.com/ is the right place. A picture of your setup will help. As it is a different error than you started with, I think a new question is justified.
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