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.:

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 Anything can be done to fix this?

Regards.

[SwRa]

Hi Andrei,

You have installed this one right.? https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Util 

Regards.

Swathy

[Andrei H.]

Hi SwRa,

 Intially I had this tool installed:

• https://pypi.org/project/nrfutil/

 Then I've installled that one:

• https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Util

 After which, i needed the old (legacy) nrfutil commands (like dfu, etc). And I noticed they have the same command name (at that time i had no clue nrf5-tools was available in the new nrfutil), so i've workaround switching between the two with Ubuntu's update-alternatives. However, now I've removed the pip nrfutil, and removed the update-alternativezs entry, but still doesnt work. So the new nrfutil, from command line, works fine, but the VSCode behaves like that, non-working state, keeps loading forever. I've reinstalled VSCode/extension, its not fixing the issue. Probably a new Ubuntu WSL full reinstall might fix it but its overkill and I'm not sure what exactly is the issue.

 Not sure if this helps.

Best regards.