arduino / arduino/Arduino

Better error message for generic (avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding) response. [imported]

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Description

This is [Issue 923](http://code.google.com/p/arduino/issues/detail?id=923) moved from a Google Code project.
Added by 2012-05-27T15:59:37.000Z by [dmel...@gmail.com](http://code.google.com/u/107726014984682000895/).
Please review that bug for more context and additional comments, but update this bug.

Original labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-Medium, Component-IDE, Milestone-Post-1.0
### Original description

**What change would like to see?**

We should provide a more informative error message when you get the generic "avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding". We already provide a link to the troubleshooting, but it's in the status bar and not clickable. We should provide some information directly in the editor console.

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Research direction

Review imported Google Code issue 923 and its additional comments for context. Start by tracing how the IDE displays the avrdude response and the status-bar troubleshooting link, then determine how the editor console should present more information; done means the generic programmer-not-responding error is clearer and the troubleshooting guidance is accessible there.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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