Just the heads-up in case you bump into this.
create a udev
rule
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-serial.rules
then paste this configuration
UBSYSTEM=="tty", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="ttyACM*", MODE="0666"
save and logoff
login and try, it should be working now