Programming DE1-SoC FPGA only from Quartus Prime Lite Edition Ubuntu 16.04

I can only choose Ethernet Blaster. There is no scroll down with USBBlaster

https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15307

What's the output of "jtagconfig" and "lsusb"?

What do you get if you do "dmesg |tail -20" after you just have plugged in your USB blaster?

I have three different versions of a rules file:

I have one file: /etc/udev/rules.d/40-usbblaster.rules

which containts

UBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666", SYMLINK+="usbblaster"

and another /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules

# USB-Blaster
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666"
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6002", MODE="0666" 
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6003", MODE="0666"   
#  USB-Blaster II
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6810", MODE="0666"

and another /etc/udev/rules.d/51-altera-usb-blaster.rules

#USB-Blaster
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6002", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6003", MODE="0666"
#  USB-Blaster II
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6810", MODE="0666"

I am pretty sure you don need all, but this is what turned out to work for me, and I did not dig deeper into which parts are needed and which are not.

jtagconfig not sure what that does, gives me no command output. Is there an apt-get?

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:5754 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 09fb:6810 Altera

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ dmesg | tail -20

[ 48.703997] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state

[ 48.706302] device virbr0-nic left promiscuous mode

[ 48.706318] virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state

[ 65.449773] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0008: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input2

[ 65.577871] input: Logitech M525 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0008/0003:046D:4013.0009/input/input18

[ 65.578050] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4013.0009: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech M525] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1:1

[ 70.885869] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4013.0009: HID++ 2.0 device connected.

[ 505.780478] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci

[ 505.892937] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=09fb, idProduct=6810

[ 505.892942] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

[ 890.580319] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 6

[ 7522.560596] perf: interrupt took too long (2509 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79500

[ 9287.764157] perf: interrupt took too long (3169 > 3136), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63000

[10764.987112] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci

[10765.095450] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=09fb, idProduct=6810

[10765.095453] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

[11061.210081] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 7

[53208.528273] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci

[53208.637024] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=09fb, idProduct=6810

[53208.637030] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

Yeah i added those files rebooted, and still seeing the same stuff. Not sure what I have screwed up here. Seems like everyone was able to get Ubuntu 16.04 to work and I still can't get it

After changing the file this is what I am seeing, I cannot see the Altera board in the dmesg, like I can for my Logitech USB mouse

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:5754 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 09fb:6810 Altera

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ dmesg | grep 046D:C52B

[ 2.759978] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0004: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input2

[ 2.885973] input: Logitech M525 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0004/0003:046D:4013.0005/input/input9

[ 181.529468] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0008: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input2

[ 183.136077] input: Logitech M525 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0008/0003:046D:4013.0009/input/input18

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ dmesg | grep 09FB:6810

Gets me nothing

If you guys that have it working on Ubuntu can run those commands and we might be able to take a look and start from there.

Thanks.

It might not print the vendor and device id to the kernel log in that format. I typically see something like this:

 usb 8-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 26 using xhci_hcd
 usb 8-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=09fb, idProduct=6010
 usb 8-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
 usb 8-1.2: Product: USB-BlasterII
 usb 8-1.2: Manufacturer: Altera

You should try to run "jtagconfig" and see if you get any errors. You could also try to run "jtagconfig" as root. If it works as root and not as your user it's probably a permission problem.

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ jtagconfig

jtagconfig: command not found

Is there an apt-get i need to run to get that software?

Its in the install directory

I ran the command after plugging in the power and usb to the board and turning on the power.

jfrye@jfrye-Inspiron-5547:~$ /home/jfrye/Quartus/quartus/bin/jtagconfig

No JTAG hardware available

Not sure what that means

That's correct, "jtagconfig" is a part of Quartus.

Your output means that it does not detect any USB blasters when you run as user jfrye. Next try to see if it works as root:

sudo  /home/jfrye/Quartus/quartus/bin/jtagconfig