I’m just testing an usnoobie but have no luck. As I don’t know avrdude I’m trying to go with the Arduino IDE. The Board is in the list but Serial Port stays grey, I can’t select it. 
[code]/var/log/messages:
Mar 18 18:35:57 oppa-mag kernel: [12546.201056] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 59
Mar 18 18:35:57 oppa-mag kernel: [12546.890049] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 60
Mar 18 18:35:58 oppa-mag kernel: [12547.579079] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 61
Mar 18 18:35:59 oppa-mag kernel: [12548.140045] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 62
Mar 18 18:36:43 oppa-mag kernel: [12592.955050] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 63
Mar 18 18:36:44 oppa-mag kernel: [12593.156040] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=16c0, idProduct=05dc
Mar 18 18:36:44 oppa-mag kernel: [12593.156049] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Mar 18 18:36:44 oppa-mag kernel: [12593.156056] usb 4-2: Product: USBasp
Mar 18 18:36:44 oppa-mag kernel: [12593.156061] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: www.fischl.de
oppa@oppa-mag:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 004 Device 063: ID 16c0:05dc VOTI shared ID for use with libusb
oppa@oppa-mag:~$ infobash -v3
Host/Kernel/OS “oppa-mag” running Linux 2.6.37-3.slh.3-aptosid-686 i686 [ sidux 2010-01 Ύπνος - kde-lite - (201006131622) ]
CPU Info 4x Intel Atom 330 @ 512 KB cache flags( sse3 ht nx lm ) clocked at [ 1600.072 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia ION VGA X.Org 1.9.4.901 [ 1920x1080@50.0hz ]
Network cards nVidia MCP79
Atheros AR9285 Wireless
Processes 179 | Uptime 3:43 | Memory 1334.3/1770.8MB | HDD WDC WD5000BEVT-2 Size 500GB (2%used) | GLX Renderer ION/PCI/SSE2 | GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.26 | Client Shell | Infobash v3.35
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Edit: I’ve found and tried this:
but still no joy. There is no /dev/ttyUSB*.