Error message at startup in the debug console?

niels · May 6, 2022, 1:02pm

After having had issues with the debugger I have noticed some strange messages in the debug console, 1. and 2. line (see below in bold) after the debug console starts sending output.

What does it mean and is it a real problem? The debug session seems to start and work okay?

undefinedC:\Users\niels.platformio\packages\toolchain-xtensa-esp32\bin\xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb.exe: warning:
Reading symbols from c:\Users\niels\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\ThenanoBrewer.pio\build\nodemcu-32s\firmware.elf…
Couldn’t determine a path for the index cache directory.
PlatformIO Unified Debugger → Redirecting...
PlatformIO: debug_tool = olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h
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ashelman-ec · May 8, 2022, 10:56am

I also see these errors in the Debug Console. Not sure what the consequence is.

maxgerhardt · May 9, 2022, 9:55am

I have seen this dozens of times yet no negative consequences for that.

Since it also happens on the CLI (pio debug ...) you can open an issue at Issues · platformio/platformio-core · GitHub.

brix · May 31, 2023, 9:34am

I have same error and I can’t debug. It does not stop at breakpoint. I have tried complete reinstall vscode and platformio. See output from debug console:

undefinedC:\Users\PA.platformio\packages\toolchain-xtensa-esp32\bin\xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb.exe: warning: Couldn’t determine a path for the index cache directory.
Reading symbols from C:\Users\PA\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\DebugTest.pio\build\esp32dev\firmware.elf…
PlatformIO Unified Debugger → Redirecting...
PlatformIO: debug_tool = esp-prog
PlatformIO: Initializing remote target…
Open On-Chip Debugger v0.11.0-esp32-20220706 (2022-07-06-15:48)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read

OpenOCD: Bug Reporting*
adapter speed: 20000 kHz

WARNING: boards/esp-wroom-32.cfg is deprecated, and may be removed in a future release.
adapter speed: 5000 kHz

Info : tcl server disabled
Info : telnet server disabled
Info : clock speed 5000 kHz
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : starting gdb server for esp32.cpu0 on pipe
Info : accepting ‘gdb’ connection from pipe
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4000940E, debug_reason=00000000
Info : Set GDB target to ‘esp32.cpu0’
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x400076E2, debug_reason=00000000
Warn : No symbols for FreeRTOS!
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 → 0x3f400020, 38 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 → 0x400d0020, 115 KB
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Auto-detected flash bank ‘esp32.cpu0.flash’ size 4096 KB
Info : Using flash bank ‘esp32.cpu0.flash’ size 4096 KB
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 → 0x3f400020, 38 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 → 0x400d0020, 115 KB
Info : Using flash bank ‘esp32.cpu0.irom’ size 116 KB
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 → 0x3f400020, 38 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 → 0x400d0020, 115 KB
Info : Using flash bank ‘esp32.cpu0.drom’ size 40 KB
Info : New GDB Connection: 1, Target esp32.cpu0, state: halted
0x4000940e in ?? ()
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 → 0x3f400020, 38 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 → 0x400d0020, 115 KB
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 → 0x3f400020, 38 KB
Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 → 0x400d0020, 115 KB
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Auto-detected flash bank ‘esp32.cpu1.flash’ size 4096 KB
Info : Using flash bank ‘esp32.cpu1.flash’ size 4096 KB
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Auto-detected flash bank ‘esp32.cpu1.flash’ size 4096 KB
Using flash bank ‘esp32.cpu1.flash’ size 4096 KB
*** Programming Started ***
*** Programming Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Erased 20480 bytes in 291.151 ms
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Erased 20480 bytes in 291.151 ms
Info : PROF: Data transferred in 143.342 ms @ 139.526 KB/s
PROF: Data transferred in 143.342 ms @ 139.526 KB/s
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Wrote 20480 bytes in 449.029 ms (data transfer time included)
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Wrote 20480 bytes in 449.029 ms (data transfer time included)
*** Programming Finished in 1385 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
*** Programming Finished in 1385 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Flash verified in 124.563 ms
*** Verify OK ***
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Flash verified in 124.563 ms
*** Verify OK ***
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
*** Programming Started ***
*** Programming Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Erased 4096 bytes in 158.485 ms
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Erased 4096 bytes in 158.485 ms
Info : PROF: Data transferred in 48.475 ms @ 82.5168 KB/s
PROF: Data transferred in 48.475 ms @ 82.5168 KB/s
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Wrote 4096 bytes in 338.94 ms (data transfer time included)
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Wrote 4096 bytes in 338.94 ms (data transfer time included)
*** Programming Finished in 882 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
*** Programming Finished in 882 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Flash verified in 121.335 ms
*** Verify OK ***
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Flash verified in 121.335 ms
*** Verify OK ***
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
*** Programming Started ***
*** Programming Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Erased 8192 bytes in 201.637 ms
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Erased 8192 bytes in 201.637 ms
Info : PROF: Data transferred in 65.664 ms @ 121.832 KB/s
PROF: Data transferred in 65.664 ms @ 121.832 KB/s
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Wrote 8192 bytes in 348.028 ms (data transfer time included)
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Wrote 8192 bytes in 348.028 ms (data transfer time included)
*** Programming Finished in 941 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
*** Programming Finished in 941 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Flash verified in 122.192 ms
*** Verify OK ***
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Flash verified in 122.192 ms
*** Verify OK ***
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
*** Programming Started ***
*** Programming Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Erased 233472 bytes in 1133.68 ms
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Erased 233472 bytes in 1133.68 ms
Info : PROF: Data transferred in 1355.7 ms @ 168.179 KB/s
PROF: Data transferred in 1355.7 ms @ 168.179 KB/s
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Wrote 233472 bytes in 1710.23 ms (data transfer time included)
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Wrote 233472 bytes in 1710.23 ms (data transfer time included)
*** Programming Finished in 3226 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
*** Programming Finished in 3226 ms ***
*** Verify Started ***
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Flash verified in 234.894 ms
*** Verify OK ***
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40092612, debug_reason=00000001
PROF: Flash verified in 234.894 ms
*** Verify OK ***
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
JTAG tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
[esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a soft reset
[esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x400ebc6f: file src/main.cpp, line 8.
PlatformIO: Initialization completed
PlatformIO: Resume the execution to debug_init_break = tbreak setup
PlatformIO: More configuration options → Redirecting...
Note: automatically using hardware breakpoints for read-only addresses.

And my .ini file:
; PlatformIO Project Configuration File

;

; Build options: build flags, source filter

; Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags

; Library options: dependencies, extra library storages

; Advanced options: extra scripting

;

; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples

; Redirecting...

[env:esp32dev]

platform = espressif32

board = esp32dev

framework = arduino

; Now for the Debug-Specific Settings

debug_tool = esp-prog

debug_init_break = tbreak setup ; tbreak = Breakpoints. setup = Break on setup() method start