title: Arduino Sketch upload issue - avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
body: <p>I have an Arduino Duemilanove with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATmega328" rel="noreferrer">ATmega328</a>. I am working on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS_.28Precise_Pangolin.29" rel="noreferrer">Ubuntu&nbsp;12.04</a> (Precise Pangolin), and the Arduino IDE's version is 1.0. Recently, I tried to upload a few of the sample sketches onto it, such as the Blink one. However, none of my attempts are working and they result in the same error every time I try it:</p>
  
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    <p>avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding.</p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0AdVe.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0AdVe.png" alt=""></a></p>
  
  <p>I have enabled <code>/dev/ttyUSB0</code> under menu <em>Tools</em> &rarr; <em>Serial Port</em>. I have also selected the correct board (Duemilanove with ATmega328) from the list. Yet, I am not able to resolve the issue. I have searched online as well and none of the other responses for this problem seem to be working for me. Why I am encountering this issue and how to resolve it?</p>
  
  <p>I also tried turning the onboard ATmega and fitting it in the other direction. Now, I encounter no problems uploading, but nothing happens afterwards. The onboard LED also does not seem to be blinking.</p>