user31062: I've received an Arduino Uno today only. I have zero experience prior to Arduino boards or any other micro controller. I followed every step very carefully from the setting up guide for Linux based OS, but I still can't connect the board with my Ubuntu 16.04 PC. After googling the problem I found that the device must show up as ttyACM* but I don't see any such device in /dev. Its also not listed under the command lsusb but the LED's on the board are working properly. The ON LED is turned on when I connect it with my PC and the inbuilt LED starts to blink.
This is what the IDE displays:


user27653: You may have to add yourself to the dialout group in Ubuntu so that your user account can access the serial ports.
Then, in the Arduino IDE, the Tools->Port menu should show you options. Right now, the screenshot you gave shows that it's set for COM1, which is a Windows-style serial port naming and definitely won't work on Ubuntu.

31062: <p>I've received an Arduino Uno today only. I have zero experience prior to Arduino boards or any other micro controller. I followed every step very carefully from the setting up guide for Linux based OS, but I still can't connect the board with my Ubuntu 16.04 PC. After googling the problem I found that the device must show up as <code>ttyACM*</code> but I don't see any such device in <code>/dev</code>. Its also not listed under the command <code>lsusb</code> but the LED's on the board are working properly. The ON LED is turned on when I connect it with my PC and the inbuilt LED starts to blink.</p>

<p>This is what the IDE displays:</p>

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 27653: <p>You may have to add yourself to the dialout group in Ubuntu so that your user account can access the serial ports.</p>

<p>Then, in the Arduino IDE, the Tools->Port menu should show you options. Right now, the screenshot you gave shows that it's set for COM1, which is a Windows-style serial port naming and definitely won't work on Ubuntu.</p>
