Hi everybody using Sparki with Linux
I thought to post how I solved my issues. I solved all compiliing issues by downloading the latest Arduino IDE (1.6.0) from arduino.cc/en/Main/Software. I have chosen Arduino Leonardo as my Board; and the Serial port is /dev/ttyACM0
And then using the above workaround “sudo service network-manager stop” the upload works. (After doing the upload, just give “sudo service network-manager start” to restart the network manager).
I’m using Ubuntu 14.04.
Tried everything listed in this thread, can’t get it to work. Sometimes it seems to be uploading properly, but I suspect that it is actually just rebooting the AVR. I figured I should be able to get it working, in my previous job I did AVR programming from Linux and am comfortable running avrdude etc., but I cannot get uploads to sparki working right.
I’m running Uburtu 15.04 and have tried both arduino 1.0.5 (Ubuntu’s version) and 1.6.5 (downloaded from the arduino web site). The 1.0.5 compiled properly once I set the font array to be const, and when I upload it claims to succeed, but sparki’s behavior stays at the default application. I’d love to get the sparki working, it was a gift for my daughter who wanted to learn how to program a robot, but it seems not.
Solution for USB Leonardo (Sparki) on Linux (Ubuntu, …)
The problem is due to new linux, that try to scan tty port to found a modem and if not found it disable serial port.
You can see that by a tail -f /var/log/syslog and plug your sparki.
First is the booloader tty, 6 seconds after it is disconnected and board start in user code, the tty serial is plugged.
without patch, udev start modem detection and modem detection unplug tty.
a) Copy the file under, in root on directory :
/etc/udev/rules/
Filename :
77-modem-managers-arduino-leonardo.rules
b) do in root or make sudo
/etc/init.d/udev restart
c) was made by information found on this great Australian site :
freetronics.com.au/pages/leo … _uploading
d) Sorry for this bad globish , I’m french 
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[code]#
#-----------------------------------------------
#-----------------------------------------------
ATTRS{idVendor}==“27c2”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
ATTRS{idVendor}==“2341”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
ATTRS{idVendor}==“26ba”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
ATTRS{idVendor}==“20a0”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
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Thank you lb_robotique. I can confirm this worked with me with Ubuntu 14.04.
I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 a while ago, and the solution in this thread stopped working. After some testing I got uploading to Sparki to work with the following, and at least for me both were needed:
[quote=“lb_robotique”]Solution for USB Leonardo (Sparki) on Linux (Ubuntu, …)
The problem is due to new linux, that try to scan tty port to found a modem and if not found it disable serial port.
You can see that by a tail -f /var/log/syslog and plug your sparki.
First is the booloader tty, 6 seconds after it is disconnected and board start in user code, the tty serial is plugged.
without patch, udev start modem detection and modem detection unplug tty.
a) Copy the file under, in root on directory :
/etc/udev/rules/
Filename :
77-modem-managers-arduino-leonardo.rules
b) do in root or make sudo
/etc/init.d/udev restart
c) was made by information found on this great Australian site :
freetronics.com.au/pages/leo … _uploading
d) Sorry for this bad globish , I’m french .
[code]#
#-----------------------------------------------
#-----------------------------------------------
ATTRS{idVendor}==“27c2”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
ATTRS{idVendor}==“2341”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
ATTRS{idVendor}==“26ba”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
ATTRS{idVendor}==“20a0”, ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}=“1”
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