VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

FlashBack123 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:22:46 GMT

Thank you! That is definitely best solution.

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

Charlie — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:52:57 GMT

Hi Grigor,

Thanks for the update.

It is true that MSD is enabled on nRF9160DK by default, you can disable it with J-LINK command.

MSD (nordicsemi.com)

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

FlashBack123 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:45:42 GMT

Ok, now I am even more confused but feels I got a clue of a reason for issue. When you connect board there is mass storage device and when it appears windows is asking for default action. I always postponed selection. Now I tried to set it to no action, so that windows won't popup again and it looks to be working back fine...

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

FlashBack123 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:15:41 GMT

I haven't tried other PC as I need this one to work (and on hardware it's perfectly sound and fresh). But I tried reinstalling everything, including Windows, on this one. Thinking to try older VSCode (older nRF extension didn't help).

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

Charlie — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:58:05 GMT

Hi Grigor,

Have you tried on another PC?

I am not sure if you are using Mac, just solve one issue about Mac cause by MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 update.

(+) On connecting any Nordic DK board to my Mac, the link volume starts mounting and unmounting forever. - Nordic Q&A - Nordic DevZone - Nordic DevZone (nordicsemi.com)

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

FlashBack123 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:41:18 GMT

Looks I too rushed for conclusion. Worked fine for some time and it's back. Tried different cables, dev boards and USB ports. Once board is connected all starts to fall apart, getting errors on Intellisense, C++ server, freezing and lagging...

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

Charlie — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:31:48 GMT

Great to hear you find the cause! Thanks for sharing. The weird issues are normally simple. 😁

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

FlashBack123 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:12:56 GMT

Thanks for quick response.

Whole extension was freezing, no way to build after beginning of issue and so on, so build was not happening or slow, no way to edit build configuration and random errors from VS Code.

But I found root of the problem and it is where I didn't expect that (or at least not like that)....

USB cable was the reason. It detects perfectly and always, but had that weird issues I described above (still device was not disappearing from system). Replaced with thicker cable and now it looks perfectly stable. Such a relief and disappointment at the same time, 4 days just to find that.

RE: VS Code Freezing when board connected (nrf9160dk)

Charlie — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:01:14 GMT

Hi Grigor,

Sorry to hear your struggle. This sounds really weird.

From your description, it is not clear either "flash" or "build" are effected. I assume it is only related to "flash" action, since "build" action does not need to have nRF9160DK connected. Is this correct? Are you able to do a test on another DK(cloud be any other nRF DKs if you have one) or new PC or switch USB port to check if the issue is related to your nRF9160DK or PC?

Best regards,

Charlie