It is the basic default configuration of the example
; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
;
; Build options: build flags, source filter, extra scripting
; Upload options: custom port, speed and extra flags
; Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html
[env:native]
platform = native
I upgraded pio and restarted vscode but I still have the same issue.
Can you build a project without any issues?
Yes, I have no problems for the build. It is only the debug part which has a problem.
Processing native (platform: native)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verbose mode can be enabled via `-v, --verbose` option
LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
Found 0 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
No dependencies
Building in release mode
Compiling .pio/build/native/src/main.o
Linking .pio/build/native/program
========================================================================================= [SUCCESS] Took 0.29 seconds =========================================================================================
* Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.
What is your version of local gdb?
$ which gdb
$ gdb --versiom
After checking, gdb is not installed on my computer. And it seems to be impossible to install it on a arm processor. When i try to install it manually, I get :
gdb: The x86_64 architecture is required for this software.
Error: gdb: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.
From what I could see on the internet, lldb should be used instead of gdb on mac m1 and m2 :
lldb is already installed on my computer : lldb-1500.0.22.8
But I don’t know if the platformio debugger can work with it instead of gdb.
Then you might use lldb per Debugging using macOS lldb instead of gdb - #3 by thomas.kilian.0815
Late here already, so I look in romorrow. It was fairly easy once you know how to enable it. Will come back later with the details
Thank you both ! I don’t think I will have time to test it before xmas holidays. But I test it when I come back in January and I keep you informed.
@guillaume.costes Yeah LOL I just looked up my projects and it was more or less only once I really made a debug session and I can’t find a trace. Hopefully I’ll find the time to reconstruct it stll this year…
@thomas.kilian.0815 I’m not sure I did the right thing. Can you tell me what I did is correct please ?
In my platformio projet, I found inside the .vscode folder a file “launch.json” that I modified to add the configuration you mentioned. So my “launch.json” looks like this :
// AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FILE. PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY IT MANUALLY
//
// PlatformIO Debugging Solution
//
// Documentation: https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/debugging.html
// Configuration: https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/sections/env/options/debug/index.html
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(lldb) Starten",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "lldb"
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"preLaunchTask": {
"type": "PlatformIO",
"task": "Pre-Debug"
}
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug (skip Pre-Debug)",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug (without uploading)",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"loadMode": "manual"
}
]
}
And I modified my platformio.ini like this :
[env:native]
platform = native
build_flags =
-g
But I still have the same problem when i try to start debugger.
I’m still busy with other things… I’ll try to look into it soon (latest the weekend)
Got it working again. Inside launch.json I hardcoded the executable path
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(lldb) Starten",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "/Users/thomaskilian/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/240105-130152-hello-world/src/build/Debug/main.o",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "lldb"
},
I guess you can use env-vars, but that started the lldb. It will ask for passwort/fingerprint but that’s (more or less) okay since you can debug aftrewards. Keeps that for a while so you can restart debugging without the prompt.
This does not seem like the program file created by PlatformIO, wihh would be <project folder>/.pio/build/<environment name>/program, so you might be using some other extension for building.
You don’t need to do this. Just add
[env:native]
...
build_type = debug
Build firmware in the debug mode and try debugging with cppdbg extension.
Well, this is my path and you have to replace it with yours or use the env-vars. The path ia where PIO compiled the hello-world to.
Thank you @ivankravets I tried it. But if by “cppdbg extension” you mean the native debug extension for vscode, it is not working, I still have the same error.
Thank you for the tips @thomas.kilian.0815.
I modified my launch.json like this with my own main.o path:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(lldb) Starten",
"targetArchitecture": "arm64",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/src/main.o",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${fileDirname}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "lldb"
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"preLaunchTask": {
"type": "PlatformIO",
"task": "Pre-Debug"
}
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug (skip Pre-Debug)",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
},
{
"type": "platformio-debug",
"request": "launch",
"name": "PIO Debug (without uploading)",
"executable": "/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/program",
"projectEnvName": "native",
"toolchainBinDir": "/usr/bin",
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"loadMode": "manual"
}
]
}
It is kind of working since I do not get the previous error. And if i forget to make a build, It tells me that my path “…/main.o” does not exists. But after building, I do not have this error, so I think it can find the main.o file.
BUT now i got this error :
ERROR: Unable to start debugging. Unexpected LLDB output from command "-exec-run". Command 'exec-run'. Invalid process during debug session
The program '/Users/guillaumecostes/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/231218-164431-hello-world/.pio/build/native/src/main.o' has exited with code 42 (0x0000002a).
I did some research. I found the exact same issue on a forum :
so I tried the solution and installed the CodeLLDB extension, then modified “type”: “cppdbg”, to “type”: “lldb”. I tried again to debug. This time, I got a popup message with “Permission denied” that proposes me to check the launch.json file. So I check, some field of the configuration are highlighted as “not allowed properties” so i removed those fields, but I still get the “Permission denied” popup.
A made some research about the permission denied with debugger, but nothing that could match my case.
So I don’t know what to do to make it work.
You should make a new project from the hello-world template and try that before doing complicated stuff…
I’m using a simple projet, I just followed the tutorial. So it is based on the hello-world template, only the main code is modified with the add of a sort array function like in the tutorial. So I don’t think the problem comes from the project.