If the PORT Menu Is Disabled On Arduino IDE
2 min readJul 18, 2023
Not sure if it’s valid for other Linux distributions, but if you’re an Ubuntu 22.04 user, not able to access your board and the PORT menu is disabled, follow the steps below:
- Open your terminal.
- First, make sure the current user is a member of
dialout
group.
$ groups $USER
if you can’t see dialout
group on the list right after the command, please run the following command:
$ sudo adduser $USER dialout
If it still does not work…
- Take the USB cable from the board out and plug it in back.
- Run
sudo dmesg
command.
If you see such a line as input: BRLTTY 6.4 Linux Screen Driver Keyboard
, this means that the operating system may not have recognized the board.
- Uninstall
brlitty
package.
$ sudo apt remove brltty
- Restart the IDE and choose your board. The port menu should be available.