nRF Connect (v2024.9.5) under WSL not working

[Andrei H.]

Hi,

 I have the following version(s):

1. Windows ver: 23H2 build 22631.4317
2. WSL version: 2.2.4.0 (OS Ubuntu-22.04)
3. VSCode Version: 1.94.2 (user setup) (latest)
4. nRF Connect for VS Code Extension Pack v2024.9.5 (latest)
5. Toolchain v2.7.0 (newest)

 The problem is it's not doing anything, its saying "Activating Extensions" forever, not working, e.g.:

1. 
2. 

 Anything can be done to fix this?

Regards.

[SwRa]

Hi Andrei,

Is this a fresh install on the PC.? Or was it working fine before.?

Regards,

Swathy

[Andrei H.]

Hi SwRa,

 I don't think this was ever working. Version 2.7.0 is quite new, in the past, the SDK was installed via nRF Connect for Desktop > Toolchain Manager path and now there is this comment:

nRF Connect for Desktop has variants (Windows, Linux, etc). For WSL, the Linux variant was used.

 It might be that nRF Connect for VS Code extension doesn't properly take into account NRF SDK paths when installing via the WSL-Remote-Window channel or some ports accessibility between Windows/WSL have permission errors?

 In VSCode it looks like this e.g.:

I hope this helps.

Regards.

[Andrei H.]

Hi SwRa,

 Actually, I forgot to mention something. In the past I was using `nrfutil` which now is changed to a completely different tool. Now I believe this problem has to do with this tool, since now there is another one called the same and to access the old tool this is command is required instead `nrfutil nrf5sdk-tools`. Is there a way to purge this old tool completely and ensure the new one is installed in WSL?

Regards.