No USB Serial Device #72
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Hi, I'm trying to follow the instructions in the README to get it working for the first time but I managed to get stuck on the first step. After I hold down the BOOTSEL button and plug in the Pico, it shows up a storage device (uf2?) and not a serial device. In the Arduino IDE I've selected the Pico in the board menu, but there are no serial ports to select so uploading a sketch fails. Any ideas on how I can fix this? Some possibly relevant dmesg and lsusb output:
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The "upload" just copies a generated .UF2 file to /media//RPI_RP2/. and the Pico takes care of the rest, so it's a simple process. Holding down the BOOTSEL makes it appear as a mass storage device, which is how the upload happens, so that's actually fine. For upload, if you've already entered MSD mode like this, the serial port doesn't matter and you can just hit the upload button. If for some reason the MSD isn't being mounted, you can manually mount it in the shell/gui and re-try the upload. |
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The "upload" just copies a generated .UF2 file to /media//RPI_RP2/. and the Pico takes care of the rest, so it's a simple process.
Holding down the BOOTSEL makes it appear as a mass storage device, which is how the upload happens, so that's actually fine.
For upload, if you've already entered MSD mode like this, the serial port doesn't matter and you can just hit the upload button.
If for some reason the MSD isn't being mounted, you can manually mount it in the shell/gui and re-try the upload.