Arduino: 'stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding' on Arch/Manjaro Linux

This stupid error just wouldn't go away easily :(

tl;dr: uninstall brltty

pacman -Rns brltty

You should see that under Tools -> Port a /tty/USBn, if you don't see it, then this post is for you! (ttyS4 isn't enough (or doesn't matter ?))

Launch dmesg to listen to all the cool logs :)

sudo dmesg -w

Now, disconnect your arduino and connect it, read the error before the lines that says device disconnected.

ch341: device disconnected

in my case, it was line number 5

[  1 ] ch341 1-4:1.0: ch341-uart converter detected
[  2 ] ch341-uart ttyUSB0: break control not supported, using simulated break
[  3 ] usb 1-4: ch341-uart converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[  4 ] input: BRLTTY 6.4 Linux Screen Driver Keyboard as /devices/virtual/input/input32
[  5 ] usb 1-4: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by ch341 while 'brltty' sets config #1
[  6 ] ch341-uart ttyUSB0: ch341-uart converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[  7 ] ch341 1-4:1.0: device disconnected

Googling for "interface 0 claimed by ch341 while 'brltty' sets config" lead me to this arch forum post.

pacman -Rns brltty

And thats it!

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