NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:58:13 GMT

Hi Steve,

Thank you very much for the information. I will pass this on.

.Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

abvio — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:09:17 GMT

Hi Priyanka,

Thanks for your reply.

Hopefully sometime you or your colleagues can try using VS Code and the nRF extensions on an M1 Mac to build either the ble_dfu_peripheral_lbs app or the asset_tracker_v2 app. If you can reproduce the issue there, that would make a solution much more possible.

I listed my repro sequence in this thread:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/84157/sudden-build-errors-in-visual-studio-code

Here's my support info, this time attempting to use the asset_tracker_v2 sample app, which Dejans recommended in our other support thread.

Best,

Steve

[10:52:05] west build --build-dir /Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2/build /Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2 --pristine --board nrf52840dk_nrf52840 -- -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=On -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DCONFIG_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATIONS=y -DCONFIG_DEBUG_THREAD_INFO=y -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="/Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2"
[10:52:08] Failure (code 1).
[10:53:43] west build --build-dir /Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2/build /Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2 --pristine --board nrf52840dk_nrf52840 -- -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=On -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="/Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2" -DCONFIG_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATIONS:STRING="y" -DCONFIG_DEBUG_THREAD_INFO:STRING="y" -DCONF_FILE:STRING="/Users/Steve/Projects/asset_tracker_v2/prj.conf"
[10:53:46] Failure (code 1).
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RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:09:10 GMT

Hi Steve,

I have conveyed this internally. As far as I know, the Toolchain Manager does not set any environment variables, so you don't necessarily have to open it through the VS Code. But an improper west installation can cause the the variables to not be set. It would be helpful if you could provide the information from "Generate Support Information" in VS Code.

Regards,

Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

abvio — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:28:06 GMT

I also am having this issue on an M1 Mac, just as Dan and Griffin described.

In addition, Griffin and I are having build issues that might be resolved if we can launch VS Code via Toolchain Manager, assuming it sets up environment variables necessary to build a project with MCUBOOT.

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/84157/sudden-build-errors-in-visual-studio-code

Thanks,

Steve

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:23:37 GMT

Hi Dan,

I have passed on the information to the experts and will get back to you soon.

Regards,

Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Dan — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 01:03:39 GMT

Hi Priyanka - since I did a clean reinstall, the toolchain manager log does report that west is found, but it still loops endlessly searching for dependencies and refuses to launch VS Code. I attach my most recent log file output in case it is helpful.

You asked about the path to the v1.8.0 install. Here it is: /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0

It contains the following subdirectories:

bootloader modules nrfxlib toolchain zephyr

mbedtls nrf test tools

2022-02-12T00:54:12.740Z INFO Initializing environments...
2022-02-12T00:54:12.745Z INFO Locally exsisting environment found at /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain
2022-02-12T00:54:12.745Z INFO With version: v1.8.0
2022-02-12T00:54:12.745Z INFO With west found: yes
2022-02-12T00:54:12.853Z INFO Application data folder: /Users/me/Library/Application Support/nrfconnect/pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-12T00:54:14.384Z DEBUG iface: en0
2022-02-12T00:54:14.384Z DEBUG IP4: 10.0.0.32
2022-02-12T00:54:14.384Z DEBUG IP6: fe80::47e:b741:8448:a9ca
2022-02-12T00:54:14.384Z DEBUG MAC: f4:d4:88:6c:05:22
2022-02-12T00:54:14.386Z DEBUG Client Id: 76597f53cc45b3d40b10a4ad54a5f34316332e6e
2022-02-12T00:54:14.395Z DEBUG Google Analytics for category pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager has initialized
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG App pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager v0.10.3 official
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG App path: /Users/me/.nrfconnect-apps/node_modules/pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG nRFConnect 3.10.0, required by the app is (^3.7.0)
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG nRFConnect path: /Applications/nRF Connect for Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG HomeDir: /Users/me
2022-02-12T00:54:14.730Z DEBUG TmpDir: /var/folders/lh/86j7kz7x3kl3xqd_zsw8vhzh0000gn/T/
2022-02-12T00:54:14.786Z DEBUG Downloading index json with buffer length: 3848
2022-02-12T00:54:14.787Z DEBUG Downloading index json with buffer length: 2761
2022-02-12T00:54:14.788Z DEBUG Index json has been downloaded with result: [
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2022-02-12T00:54:14.791Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.99-dev1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.798Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.803Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.830Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.2 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.840Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.849Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.902Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.0-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.951Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.2 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:14.969Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.0-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.005Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.031Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.1-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.053Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.066Z INFO Toolchain v1.6.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.070Z INFO Toolchain v1.6.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.074Z INFO Toolchain v1.7.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.085Z INFO Toolchain v1.7.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-12T00:54:15.092Z INFO Toolchain v1.8.0 has been added to the list

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

GriffinMeyer — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:59:32 GMT

I would just like to add that I am having the exact same problem on an M1 Mac, but I found out that if I install a "wrong" non-intel version of VS code, toolchain manager will successfully launch VS code. Additionally if I don't let Toolchain manager run VSCode, I also get build errors. I have a related ticket here: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/84157/sudden-build-errors-in-visual-studio-code

I just wanted to add a data point to this problem and say it isn't unique to exclusively Dan's system!

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:44:11 GMT

Hi Dan,

Our team has tried this and they are able to access from Toolchain. It looks like in your log file, it says west is not found. It could be due to not proper installation. I understand that you have tried this, but could you try uninstalling and removing the entire toolchain directory for v1.8.0 and then install it once again? Also, could you share your path where you stored the v1.8.0 file?

Regards,

Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:33:32 GMT

Hi Dan,

Really sorry that you are facing this issue and thanks for the input. I will let the team know.

Regards,

Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Dan — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:31:26 GMT

HI Priyanka - I ended up doing a clean reinstall of NRF Connect, the Toolchain and VS Code and was able to build and flash the Blinky program (with debug options enabled).

Although I can launch VS Code directly from the system, I am still unable to launch VS Code from the Toolchain Manager (after the first time where it successfully looks for and installs dependencies, on subsequent launch attempts, it spins endlessly looking for dependencies).

I would encourage the Nordic team to try this out themselves on an M1 Mac with the latest versions and see if it is reproducible. I am unblocked for now. Thanks, Dan.

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:36:43 GMT

Hi Dan,

The Toolchain Manager never sets the environment variables and hence it should work if you do not open VS Code via Toolchain Manager. Also, when building the blinky sample, did you enable the Debug options?

Could you try to NOT enable the debug options when you build the blinky sample?

Regards,

Priyanka

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Dan — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:31:16 GMT

Hi Priyanka - I attach the log file generated by toolchain manager below. The line that jumps out at me is the one that says "west not found".

I am surprised to hear that I don't need to launch VS Code from Toolchain Manager on a Mac. In the past, if I didn't do so, the environment variables weren't properly set. For example, now I still can't build the Blinky example and get the following error:

> Executing task: nRF Connect: Generate config nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp for /Users/me/dev/nordic/blinky <

Building blinky
west build --build-dir /Users/me/dev/nordic/blinky/build /Users/me/dev/nordic/blinky --pristine --board nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp -- -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=On -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DCONFIG_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATIONS=y -DCONFIG_DEBUG_THREAD_INFO=y -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="/Users/me/dev/nordic/mylock"

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')
The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 2).

Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.

Logfile from Toolchain Manager:

2022-02-09T16:17:29.591Z INFO Initializing environments...
2022-02-09T16:17:29.594Z INFO Locally exsisting environment found at /opt/nordic/ncs/v1.8.0/toolchain
2022-02-09T16:17:29.594Z INFO With version: v1.8.0
2022-02-09T16:17:29.594Z INFO With west found: no
2022-02-09T16:17:29.696Z INFO Application data folder: /Users/me/Library/Application Support/nrfconnect/pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-09T16:17:31.063Z DEBUG iface: en0
2022-02-09T16:17:31.063Z DEBUG IP4: 10.0.0.32
2022-02-09T16:17:31.063Z DEBUG IP6: [i removed this]
2022-02-09T16:17:31.063Z DEBUG MAC: [i removed this]
2022-02-09T16:17:31.065Z DEBUG Client Id: 7659xxxxxxxxx [i removed this]
2022-02-09T16:17:31.073Z DEBUG Google Analytics for category pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager has initialized
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG App pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager v0.10.3 official
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG App path: /Users/me/.nrfconnect-apps/node_modules/pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG nRFConnect 3.10.0, required by the app is (^3.7.0)
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG nRFConnect path: /Applications/nRF Connect for Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG HomeDir: /Users/me
2022-02-09T16:17:31.309Z DEBUG TmpDir: /var/folders/lh/86j7kz7x3kl3xqd_zsw8vhzh0000gn/T/
2022-02-09T16:17:31.400Z DEBUG Downloading index json with buffer length: 3848
2022-02-09T16:17:31.420Z DEBUG Downloading index json with buffer length: 2761
2022-02-09T16:17:31.421Z DEBUG Index json has been downloaded with result: [
    {
        "version": "v1.4.99-dev1",
        "toolchains": [
            {
                "version": "20201207",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.4.99-dev1-20201207-43d4695.dmg",
                "sha512": "9eab039a75e8b2003e896b1a5832b642524fd225eb8b4d03fda4593e610785401e7600ac3f63533ea2bfee51bdd52eece0bb52073f79d20978ad3a01e5803d18"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "version": "v1.4.1",
        "toolchains": [
            {
                "version": "20201215",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.4.1-20201215-7ecf886.dmg",
                "sha512": "9f8b07e1074177a3f821dc5b5eeccdf3af6cf7e38531db809ee5e185aeab12e5e7e92bf9ae7096ff2ec5be3d112bfacac90dea17ed02354c416d4404a1981d56"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "version": "v1.4.0",
        "toolchains": [
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                "version": "20201030",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.4.0-20201030-2750604.dmg",
                "sha512": "b856df471eb8c05eef6bcadb1df0c8569d68b5da1f2e9f6bd5a7aaf80e35d4d02f615bba7bc10767abb88274d6d65e0e5565ea775831c0228170102d03c943fb"
            }
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    {
        "version": "v1.3.2",
        "toolchains": [
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                "version": "20201012",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.3.2-20201012-09b2ade.dmg",
                "sha512": "2ba77cb1ab4e3f43c44214d653e78efb2b567d95faead5804aebaafeb7bba4691adc432d57f368aad2b8105b489e21cd640a9bd8af98a8697ed53d653f3b9dc1"
            }
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    {
        "version": "v1.3.1",
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                "version": "20200921",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.3.1-20200921-509f057.dmg",
                "sha512": "d02566fcd719b44db2985068e0d190d93876d8d867d53a8e0119de0a6060522a608305f2cf1bc61e3c89c7eb999e4cdfbad5654424e7cda746ff7cbf21438bb6"
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                "version": "20200618",
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                "sha512": "a17558612678b33afd1b710a96e1ff68c56b7a75e52d63cd48f8781f8b9a8bca700e05e9a855d305d501a080ee930ebbda225df7f1b5575b1a0a8c5bef5f3621"
            }
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    {
        "version": "v1.3.0-rc1",
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        "version": "v1.6.0",
        "toolchains": [
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                "version": "20210701",
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        "toolchains": [
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                "version": "20211028",
                "name": "ncs-toolchain-v1.7.1-20211028-4c380d0.dmg",
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        "toolchains": [
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]
2022-02-09T16:17:31.425Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.99-dev1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.431Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.442Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.464Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.2 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.470Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.480Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.527Z INFO Toolchain v1.3.0-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.564Z INFO Toolchain v1.4.2 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.583Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.0-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.587Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.619Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.1-rc1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.627Z INFO Toolchain v1.5.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.657Z INFO Toolchain v1.6.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.662Z INFO Toolchain v1.6.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.683Z INFO Toolchain v1.7.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.695Z INFO Toolchain v1.7.1 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:31.704Z INFO Toolchain v1.8.0 has been added to the list
2022-02-09T16:17:32.998Z DEBUG Sending usage data...
2022-02-09T16:17:32.999Z DEBUG Category: pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-09T16:17:32.999Z DEBUG Action: Report locally existing environments
2022-02-09T16:17:32.999Z DEBUG Label: v1.8.0; west not found
2022-02-09T16:17:33.002Z DEBUG Usage data has been sent
2022-02-09T16:17:33.002Z DEBUG Sending usage data...
2022-02-09T16:17:33.002Z DEBUG Category: pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-09T16:17:33.002Z DEBUG Action: Status of VS Code installation
2022-02-09T16:17:33.002Z DEBUG Label: Status not checked
2022-02-09T16:17:33.003Z DEBUG Usage data has been sent
2022-02-09T16:17:33.003Z DEBUG Sending usage data...
2022-02-09T16:17:33.003Z DEBUG Category: pc-nrfconnect-toolchain-manager
2022-02-09T16:17:33.003Z DEBUG Action: Status of nrfjprog installation
2022-02-09T16:17:33.003Z DEBUG Label: Installed
2022-02-09T16:17:33.004Z DEBUG Usage data has been sent

RE: NRF Connect - Can't Open VS Code from Toolchain

Priyanka — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:38:53 GMT

Hi Dan,

I would like to have some more information. Did this happen after you did any updates to any application or firmware etc. ?

Also, is it possible to get some error logs? For eg., if you could get the error messages from developer console, this would be really helpful. I am not quite sure how to do this on a Mac.

But, I would like to mention that you do not need to use the VS Code through the Toolchain Manager.

Regards,

Priyanka