Problems with the GPIO serial port

Dear all,

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 and I have installed Ubuntu Mate 64bits 20.04.2 LTS.

I tried to use the serial on pins 8 and 10 but no luck at all.

So far I have done the following steps (files inside the /boot/firmware):

  • added my user to the related groups:
    sudo usermod -a -G dialout ang
    sudo usermod -a -G tty ang

  • disable getty
    sudo systemctl stop [email protected]
    sudo systemctl disable [email protected]

  • edit usercfg.txt like:
    enable_uart=1
    dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt

  • leave syscfg.txt as it is:
    enable_uart=0
    dtparam=audio=on
    dtparam=i2c_arm=on
    dtparam=spi=on
    cmdline=cmdline.txt

  • leave cmdline.txt as it is like:
    net.ifnames=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=LABEL=writable rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait fixrtc quiet splash

  • I haven't touched the config.txt

When I execute the ls -l /dev/ I get:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 1 2020 serial0 -> ttyAMA0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 1 2020 serial1 -> ttyS0

When I run something like picocom --baud 9600 /dev/ttyS0 I get:
FATAL: failed to add port: Filedes is not a tty

I have connected a jumper between pins 8 and 10 to get a local loop.

Nothing is working. Cold yo help me please?