nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Kaja — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:53:47 GMT

Hi,

Marte is out off office, but I'm glad to hear that you got the tab back.

Best regards,
Kaja

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

PieterJericho — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:31:35 GMT

Thank you so much for the feedback Marte Myrvold I could now get the tab back

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:10:05 GMT

Hi,

I have forwarded the logs to the developers, but they have not found a solution to the Kconfig issue yet.

[quote user="PieterJericho"]I do get that issue below, which might be related.[/quote]

I have reported this as well, and the developers have started looking into it. I do not yet know if it is related to the Kconfig issue or not.

[quote user="PieterJericho"]It may be important to also let you know the NRF icon in the side bar disappeared after yesterday's update[/quote]

It seems like the nRF Connect tabs have been moved to the Run and Debug tab for some reason. If you click and hold the nRF Connect tabs (nRF Connect: welcome, devicetree, etc.), and then drag them to the sidebar and release, they should show up under the nRF Connect icon again.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

PieterJericho — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:21:39 GMT

[08:35:37] west build --build-dir /Users/pieter/Programming/nordic/littlefs/littlefs/build /Users/pieter/Programming/nordic/littlefs/littlefs
[08:35:46] Success.
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It may be important to also let you know the NRF icon in the side bar disappeared after yesterday's update. Reverting did not restore it. The Nrf functions do show up in the debug and run icon however. See screenshot below:

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:09:27 GMT

Hi PieterJericho,

Can you generate support information in VS Code so I can forward that to the developers looking into this? Thank you.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

PieterJericho — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:09:10 GMT

Hi alwalker Yes I can build and run successfully.

In fact the guiconfig/menuconfig works fine as well. I do get that issue below, which might be related.

The file definitely exists and changes to it and doing pristine build definitely take effect.

It is only KConfig itself (the Nrf provided built-in editor) not working on M1 Mac.

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:25:53 GMT

Hi,

Are you able to build the project successfully? Because if not, that might explain the Kconfig error.

Best regard,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:00:15 GMT

Hi Marte,

Thanks very much, this is the result from executing env when opening Terminal from the nRF Connect SDK:

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../220610-macOS-Bash-Environment.rtf

(Computer and user names anonymised for security reasons)

Is there anything that you wouldn't expect to see please?

I had problems with Kconfig previously using the zsh shell, so I don't think this is related to which terminal shell I'm using.Please see existing open ticket:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/85101/implementing-developing-bluetooth-low-energy-products-using-nrf-connect-video-on-nrf5340-dk

My current project is the LE Audio demo on the nRF5340 Audio DK board, which I'm executing from Windows Command Prompt/Bash using the supplied Python script. I am focussed on getting this demo up and running (so far only achieved on Windows 11, but with glitching audio transmission/reception) before I go back to developing in VS Code.

Kind regards,

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:22:11 GMT

Hi,

We have had some other reports about the memfault issue as well, and the developers have been notified of it.

Regarding the shell initialization issue the developers have been unable to reproduce this so far. MacOS use zsh as the standard shell, so it is possible that the instructions to look for bashrc or bash_profile on macOS will not catch the issue, as it is not set there. However, regardless of what the inherited environment variables were, the extension will set the variables that fit with the active toolchain and SDK. Issues might only raise within the integrated when the "nRF Connect" terminal profile is used. You can check the variables by typing env and see if something looks incorrect there. However, if you rarely use the integrated terminal to invoke west or cmake then the error message can just be ignored.

Did you build the project successfully before the Kconfig error? This error could be given if the build is broken or incomplete. The Kconfig extension is not installed in the support information, so it is not possible to get information that might help with this error from that. If you are still seeing the error, please generate new support information.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:02:16 GMT

Yes, I've had KConfig errors with previous attempts at doing the automatic installation process on macOS, as well as CMake errors. So far the macOS manual installation and Win 11 automatic installation appear to be ok. Still have Linux to try.

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

PieterJericho — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:55:34 GMT

I actually managed to get everything working. I still get the warning about the terminal profile, though it seems to be benign.

The only thing not working is KConfig which gives the error "Unable to find Kconfig information to display. Please select a Kconfig file first.", although guiconfig and menuconfig works.

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 08:19:51 GMT

Hi Marte,

Please see attached system report, I've changed user name for security reasons to 'xxxxxxxx'.

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../220608-System-Report.txt

Kind regards,

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

PieterJericho — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 17:04:22 GMT

Hi I have had the exact same experience on every point. Waited hours for memfault to finish to no avail. I could see the git fetch command actually running, but not performing any CPU usage.

I still have the Shell initialization conflicts nRF Connect terminal profile issue. Also performed the automatic install (followed by update SDK and update toolchain). I did not put any environment variables anywhere, in fact opening a shell the environment is pristine with nothing related to zephyr or nordic.

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:33:14 GMT

Hi Al,

Have you set the ZEPHYR_BASE environment variable somewhere yourself?

Can you generate support information and upload it here? Open command palette in VS Code and write nRF Connect: Generate Support Information. When you select this the information will be generated in the output terminal. Copy that and upload it here using Insert > Code.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 02:31:41 GMT

Hi Marte,

Thanks very much, the only similarly named file I have in my Home directory is .bash_history

It includes several of these pairs of statements, but no indication of when they were executed:

echo ${ZEPHYR_BASE}
exit

Any suggestions please?

Kind regards,

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

Marte Myrvold — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:09:26 GMT

Hi Al,

[quote user="alwalker"]I note that the v2.0.0 SDK does not have the button for opening the SEGGER J-Link that I've seen for previous SDK versions, is this expected please?[/quote]

Yes, as of v2.0.0 SEGGER Embedded Studio has been discontinued, v2.0.0 Release Notes.

[quote user="alwalker"]I can't find files (with hidden files enabled) called either .bashrc or .bashprofile, what should I be looking for please?[/quote]

On macOS .bashrc and .bash_profile should be in your home directory, ~/.

Best regards,

Marte

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:07:54 GMT

I'm just doing the nRF Connect install for the manual installation process, I also had the same issue with the v2.2.0 install hanging on the memfault registry stage.

I notice this line in the nRF Connect log file when updating the toolchain after restarting Toolchain Manager:

2022-06-03T09:55:41.967Z INFO Installed JLink version does not match the provided version (V7.58b)

As with the automatic installation, I installed universal version of the J-Link software which is v7.66b. Is this the reason why the Open SEGGER J-Link button is not shown for the nRF Connect SDK v2.2.0 release please?

Kind regards,

RE: nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

alwalker — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 02:55:45 GMT

I have followed the automatic installation process using the above link, issues encountered:

On first installation of nRF Connect SDK v2.0.0, the installation hung on updating the memfault repository:

Log file ('xxxxxxxx' is user name):
devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../2022_2D00_06_2D00_02T23_5F00_40_5F00_47.670Z_2D00_log-copy.txt

Subsequently updating both the SDK and toolchain seems to fix the issue as the installations complete.

I have installed the universal version of the J-Link software as advised in the manual installation thread. I note that the v2.0.0 SDK does not have the button for opening the SEGGER J-Link that I've seen for previous SDK versions, is this expected please?

Launching VS Code and selected V2.0.0 for both nRF Select SDK and nRF Connect Toolchain, I get an error saying Shell initialization conflicts nRF Connect terminal profile with a link to the following information:

This issue may occur when opening the internal terminal with the nRF Connect profile, which sets the shell environment for the configured SDK and toolchain, but the shell initialization script (e.g. .bashrc) overrides the environment. This can happen if the ZEPHYR_BASE environment variable is set in .bashrc. If there is no need for external terminals to use this variable, we suggest removing this from .bashrc, otherwise it can be moved to .bash_profile or an equivalent script that is only loaded by login shells.

https://nrfconnect.github.io/vscode-nrf-connect/connect/troubleshooting.html#shell-initialization-conflicts-nrf-connect-terminal-profile

I can't find files (with hidden files enabled) called either .bashrc or .bashprofile, what should I be looking for please? I have Bash enabled as the shell in macOS Terminal.

Update: This issue did not occur with the manual installation process.

Kind regards,