Therefore I tried the newest version of the Arduino software from the arduino homepage.
The package version I am using is 1:1.0.5+dfsg2-2, the other I tried was 2:1.0.5+dfsg2-4.
That is not the newest version.
I think the more recent versions of the IDE are more robust - after all they have fixed reported bugs. Try 1.6.5 or 1.6.7. The version 1.0.5 is pretty old.
I too have had "upload completed" on my Leonardo (virtually the same as the Micro) when it did no such thing.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and don't have any problems programming my Micro with IDE 1.6.7.
When programming you should see the Tx/Rx and yellow LEDs flicker. If not, press Reset when it starts to upload and try again.
Have you followed the instructions here? Arduino Troubleshooting.
I installed the arduino software using apt-get ...
Personally I download the IDE from this page: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Update
I just compiled and uploaded "Blink" with IDE 1.6.7 to my Micro on Ubuntu 14.04. This is what I saw:
Forcing reset using 1200bps open/close on port /dev/ttyACM1
PORTS {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyACM1, } / {/dev/ttyACM0, } => {}
PORTS {/dev/ttyACM0, } / {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyACM1, } => {/dev/ttyACM1, }
Found upload port: /dev/ttyACM1
/home/nick/Development/arduino-1.6.7/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/home/nick/Development/arduino-1.6.7/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega32u4 -cavr109 -P/dev/ttyACM1 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/tmp/build8f287ac41038dd4edf2d64ea95be7b6f.tmp/Blink.ino.hex:i
avrdude: Version 6.0.1, compiled on Apr 14 2015 at 19:04:16
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/home/nick/Development/arduino-1.6.7/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/nick/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/ttyACM1
Using Programmer : avr109
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
AVR Part : ATmega32U4
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack
----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
eeprom 65 20 4 0 no 1024 4 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
Programmer Type : butterfly
Description : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "CATERIN"; type = S
Software Version = 1.0; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=128 bytes.
Programmer supports the following devices:
Device code: 0x44
avrdude: devcode selected: 0x44
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9587
avrdude: reading input file "/tmp/build8f287ac41038dd4edf2d64ea95be7b6f.tmp/Blink.ino.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (4456 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.33s
avrdude: 4456 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against /tmp/build8f287ac41038dd4edf2d64ea95be7b6f.tmp/Blink.ino.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file /tmp/build8f287ac41038dd4edf2d64ea95be7b6f.tmp/Blink.ino.hex:
avrdude: input file /tmp/build8f287ac41038dd4edf2d64ea95be7b6f.tmp/Blink.ino.hex contains 4456 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.03s
avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 4456 bytes of flash verified
avrdude done. Thank you.
Can you please compare to what you get? Or post exactly what you see?
What do you see in your Port menu? This is what I see:
Installing Arduino on a fresh Ubuntu system
I did the following steps to get Arduino up on Ubuntu 14.04, on a PC where it was not previously installed.
Download and install
Compile "blink"
- Selected Uno device type
- Loaded "Blink" from examples
- Uploaded (checked Uno showed in menu as shown above)
Got error:
Sketch uses 1,030 bytes (3%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32,256 bytes.
Global variables use 9 bytes (0%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2,039 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,048 bytes.
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "/dev/ttyACM0": Permission denied
ioctl("TIOCMGET"): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Check permissions, join dialout and tty groups
See owner of /dev/ttyACM*
$ ls -l /dev/ttyACM*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Feb 1 07:32 /dev/ttyACM0
Am I in that group? (No)
getent group dialout
dialout:x:20:
Add to group dialout:
$ sudo usermod -a -G dialout nick
Am I in that group? (Yes)
$ getent group dialout
dialout:x:20:nick
Try again:
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "/dev/ttyACM0": Permission denied
ioctl("TIOCMGET"): Inappropriate ioctl for device
Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
Add to group tty:
$ sudo usermod -a -G tty nick
Check groups I am in:
$ groups nick
nick : nick adm tty dialout cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
Try again (same error).
Log out and log back in
After logging out and back in, it uploaded OK! Changed to Micro board (very similar to Leonardo) - still uploaded OK (after changing board type in IDE).
Check USB for Micro
After reset:
$ lsusb | grep Arduino
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 2341:0036 Arduino SA
After about 3 seconds:
$ lsusb | grep Arduino
Bus 002 Device 015: ID 2341:8037 Arduino SA
1:1.0.5+dfsg2-2, the other I tried was2:1.0.5+dfsg2-4.