Well, sadly, the 13.03 can't even open the USB port. Here's the whole log: (remember, the 12.12 version on this same machine opened the port, uploaded the firmware, and ran the "first run" wizard with no problems)
Changing monitoring state from 'Offline' to 'Detecting serial port'
Serial port list: ['/dev/ttyACM0']
Connecting to: /dev/ttyACM0
Error while connecting to /dev/ttyACM0: 'Timeout'
Failed to open serial port (AUTO)
Changing monitoring state from 'Detecting serial port' to 'Error: Failed to autodetect...'