Digispark Pro not programming in Linux Mint 18 (Sarah).

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Hi,

I'm trying to install the Arduino IDE on my Thinkpad T430 laptop running Linux Mint 18 (Sarah) but it is failing to recognize and program the Digispark Pro when I plug it in.  A similar problem was covered in another thread, http://digistump.com/board/index.php/topic,1834.0.html, where that user found a fix by recompiling the micronucleus.   

I downloaded and installed Arduino IDE v1.6.12 from the official site (as opposed to installing the version available through Software Manager).  I followed the installation instructions on the Digistump wiki, going through the Board Manager.  I selected Digispark Pro (16MHz) but he only port presented by the IDE to me to select was /dev/ttyS4, the native serial port.  I also downloaded and compiled the 2.0a5 micronucleus according to the instructions detailed in the thread above, along with copying the 49-micronucleus.rules into /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory. I've followed advice to put my login ID into the dialout group.  Still no success.

I'm hoping for direction as to how to proceed to repair this problem.

Output from inxi:

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ThinkPad-T430 log # inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: ThinkPad-T430 Kernel: 4.4.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
Machine:   System: LENOVO (portable) product: 2349DG3 v: ThinkPad T430
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 2349DG3 Bios: LENOVO v: G1ETB0WW (2.70 ) date: 01/21/2016
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-3380M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11573
           clock speeds: max: 3600 MHz 1: 1387 MHz 2: 1216 MHz 3: 1245 MHz 4: 1952 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           tty size: 238x32 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-42-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 6080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 128.0GB (56.8% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_MZ7TD128 size: 128.0GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 110G used: 61G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: /boot size: 472M used: 256M (58%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2573
Info:      Processes: 219 Uptime: 24 min Memory: 1591.7/7685.0MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.35

Running udevadm monitor to see the USB activity,  I get the following if I plug in the Digispark Pro.  The device insert is registered and 5 seconds later it gets removed as the user program on the device kicks in:

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ThinkPad-T430 log # udevadm monitor
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent

KERNEL[226.971334] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1 (usb)
KERNEL[226.972379] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [226.985551] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1 (usb)
UDEV  [226.988657] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[230.697713] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[230.697979] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1 (usb)
UDEV  [230.699870] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0 (usb)
UDEV  [230.700689] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1 (usb)

For this same action, I get the following log entries from dmesg:

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ThinkPad-T430 log # dmesg
[  226.770007] usb 3-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[  226.956840] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=16d0, idProduct=0753
[  226.956848] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[  227.015233] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp3s0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:7a0e:a432:d624:75ca DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=103344 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
[  227.015256] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp3s0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:7a0e:a432:d624:75ca DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=468828 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8610 LEN=24
[  227.025522] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp3s0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:7a0e:a432:d624:75ca DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=103344 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
[  227.025553] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp3s0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:7a0e:a432:d624:75ca DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=468828 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8610 LEN=24
[  230.683609] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 2

I'm more of a Mac person so Linux is not my strong suite although I have previous Unix experience. Thanks for reading...