Missing debug toolbar

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 10:14am

With the help of descriptions I’m trying a simple blink debug with Atmel-ICE: the platformio.ini contains

build_type = debug

and

debug_tool = atmel-ice

When i click the RUN AND DEBUG button (green triangle), the debug toolbar (continue, step-in, step-out, etc…) simply does not appear…

maxgerhardt · August 21, 2023, 12:00pm

The reasons could be manyfold. Please post

The full platformio.ini
The output of the “Debug Console” tab in VSCode

Also note that using an Atmel ICE to debug Atmel AVR devices is currently not possible out of the box. Atmel SAM / ARM-based devices can be debugged though.

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 1:34pm

platformio.ini:
[env:mkrzero]
platform = atmelsam
board = mkrzero
framework = arduino
build_type = debug
debug_tool = atmel-ice

The DEBUG CONSOLE tab is empty.
The MKRZERO SWD port ↔ Atmel-ICE SAM port wiring I think is good: in the Arduino IDE 2.1.1 i can upload the original (stock) bootloader without error. Since then I can upload sketch without error.
I’m using a win11 system now, but I tried a fresh win10 system, the error is same…

maxgerhardt · August 21, 2023, 1:53pm

What’s the output of CLI →

pio debug --interface=gdb -- -x .pioinit

?

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 2:05pm

A bunch of red error messages…
Not fit here. Am I uploading somewhere?

maxgerhardt · August 21, 2023, 2:31pm

You can use https://pastebin.com/ if the logs are too long.

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 3:28pm

maxgerhardt · August 21, 2023, 3:30pm

Seems like a bug in platform-atmelsam. Can you update to the latest stable version and see if it’s still dead like this?

CLI →

pio pkg update -g -p atmelsam

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 4:51pm

maxgerhardt · August 21, 2023, 4:54pm

Okay than this merits opening an issue about it.

Can you try this workaround:

Add upload_protocol = atmel-ice in your platformio.ini
Try a regular upload. (This should trigger the installation of the tool-openocd package)
Try debugging again (The error about tool-openocd not being found should be gone)

FYI, this is now tracked in

github.com/platformio/platform-atmelsam

Can't debug without preinstalled tool-openocd package

opened 04:55PM - 21 Aug 23 UTC

maxgerhardt

Apparanetly when a user has not yet triggered PlatformIO to download the `tool-o…penocd` package but attempts to start a debug session anyways, PlatformIO crashes. [Community topic](https://community.platformio.org/t/missing-debug-toolbar/35366). ```python PS C:\Users\wolf\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\Blimk_Debug> pio pkg update -g -p atmelsam Platform Manager: atmelsam@8.2.0 is already up-to-date Tool Manager: framework-arduino-samd@1.8.13 is already up-to-date Tool Manager: framework-cmsis@1.40500.0 is already up-to-date Tool Manager: framework-cmsis-atmel@1.2.2 is already up-to-date Tool Manager: tool-bossac@1.10700.190624 is already up-to-date Tool Manager: toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi@1.70201.0 is already up-to-date PS C:\Users\wolf\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\Blimk_Debug> pio debug --interface=gdb -- -x .pioinit KeyError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\__main__.py", line 103, in main cli() # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter ^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\cli.py", line 85, in invoke return super().invoke(ctx) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1688, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\click\decorators.py", line 33, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\cli.py", line 104, in cli debug_config = _configure(*configure_args) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\cli.py", line 113, in _configure debug_config = DebugConfigFactory.new( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\config\factory.py", line 48, in new return config_cls(platform, project_config, env_name) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\config\generic.py", line 38, in __init__ super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\config\base.py", line 52, in __init__ self.server = self._configure_server() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\debug\config\base.py", line 182, in _configure_server self.platform.get_package_dir(server_package) File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\platform\_packages.py", line 32, in get_package_dir pkg = self.get_package(name) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\platform\_packages.py", line 29, in get_package return self.pm.get_package(spec or self.get_package_spec(name)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\wolf\.platformio\penv\Lib\site-packages\platformio\platform\_packages.py", line 21, in get_package_spec owner=self.packages[name].get("owner"), ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ KeyError: 'tool-openocd' ============================================================ An unexpected error occurred. Further steps: * Verify that you have the latest version of PlatformIO using `python -m pip install -U platformio` command * Try to find answer in FAQ Troubleshooting section https://docs.platformio.org/page/faq/index.html * Report this problem to the developers https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues ============================================================ ```

wolfmanus · August 21, 2023, 6:21pm

Your workaround is working (on a fresh Win10)!

I tried the first and second suggestion on a fresh Win10: the error is same like on Win11

Next: I try your workaround on an older Win11… (to be continued…)
continue:
It also works on older win11 installations!
Thanks!

Ps.:
I don’t know if it matters: I previously installed it on both windows the Arduino IDE 2.1.1. I couldn’t start the debug on any of them, after that i started trying platformIO

maxgerhardt · August 22, 2023, 11:14am

The developers have rectified the issue with the latest commit (see linked issue above).

So you should be able to use

platform = https://github.com/platformio/platform-atmelsam.git#8a81489e3c0bc3c20a623336972333490c696649

(instead of platform = atmelsam) to grab this fixed version. It’s also advised to watch out for the next stable version which will have this fix, that is whatever comes after 8.2.0.

To test this in its initial conditions, you can just delete C:\Users\<user>\.platformio\packages\tool-openocd and see if starting a debug session now installs the package and works or not.

wolfmanus · August 22, 2023, 1:50pm

Thank you for your help! I’ll try it out, I will give you a feedback.

The simple blink debug working fine finally, but my Arduino project is very big (more than 50 ino-s, a lot of include libraries, global variables…), based on my current knowledge the arduino project import is not too simple (and I don’t have time…), I will try to correct Arduino IDE 2.1.1 debugging error…