Platformio-atom-ide-terminal: Blinking cursor: Terminal is not responding

[markel-official]

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Description

I had installed platformio-ide-terminal and tried to open terminal. But it's just empty space with blinking cursor. I reinstalled platformio-ide-terminal, but the problem stay.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install platform-ide-terminal
2. New Terminal

Expected behavior:
Open terminal

Actual behavior:
Only empty terminal with blinking cursor

Reproduces how often:
Always

Versions

> atom --version
1.26.1

> apm --version
1.19.0

OS name and version: Ubuntu 18.04.1
Platformio-ide-terminal version: 2.10.0

Additional Information

[ghost]

I find this problem REALLY flaky. I have uninstalled atom (Deleting .atom directory after uninstall) and reinstalled Atom and platformio-ide-terminal; the problem comes and goes. I 'sometimes' get it to work by disabling platformio closing Atom, reopen it and then enabling platformio. I know this is completely unscientific. Atom 1.43.0 / Window 10.0.17763.973 / platformio 2.10.0. --- OK worked for a couple of days then quit working and could not be revived. - this is apparently a BIG problem - see post #668

[meetaig]

Had the same problem and for now removing atom and its config files, then reinstalling worked. I hope the issue doesn't come back.
See #823 for more details about my configuration.

[harmonicus]

+1
i have the same problem,

just a blinking cursor

System : Linux/Debian
Atom : 1.44
Platformio-ide-terminal : 2.10.0

On the other hand, i run VirtualMachine, install there Atom and platormio-ide-terminal and there it works, so i suppose that is connected to some cross dependency with other packages, like f.ex. 'Script 3.25.0'

i am quite new to this environment, so if you want to get more get informations, like non-core packages - and you probably will - please indicate short path, how to get this info. Thanks

[ghost]

+1
Not sure regarding exact time or version where problem appeared (I not used Atom before)

Today I installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 with Atom Beta (according with https://flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/#debian-and-ubuntu-debapt )

Installed the terminal-plus and then platformio-ide-terminal (application said that platformio-ide-terminal built for the previous version of editor, automatic rebuild completed without issues).
Unfortunately both plugins shows the mentioned above issue: just empty space with blinking cursor.

After this I made

apt purge atom-beta
rm -rf ~/.atom/
apt install atom # not atom-beta

installed platformio-ide-terminal - issue remains the same.

Additional information:

> atom --version
Atom    : 1.48.0
Electron: 5.0.13
Chrome  : 73.0.3683.121
Node    : 12.0.0

> apm --version
apm  2.5.0
npm  6.14.5
node 10.20.1 x64
atom 1.48.0
python 2.7.17
git 2.17.1

Thanks

[vatsj]

I'm having the same issue; any chance it has to do with the node.js version? I'm getting

$ atom --version
Atom    : 1.51.0
Electron: 5.0.13
Chrome  : 73.0.3683.121
Node    : 12.0.0

but

$ nodejs --version
v8.10.0

which makes me suspect atom is using the wrong version of nodejs. @timelapserduck you have the same nodejs versions as I do, so perhaps the error is for a similar reason?

[dvictori]

Same problem here with Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS.

Atom was installed using the official repo. I just did:

apt purge atom
rm -rf ~/.atom/
apt install atom

Installed plataformio-ide-terminal and all I got was a blinking cursor in an empty screen

$ atom --version
Atom    : 1.52.0
Electron: 6.1.12
Chrome  : 76.0.3809.146
Node    : 12.4.0

$ apm --version
apm  2.5.2
npm  6.14.8
node 12.4.0 x64
atom 1.52.0
python 2.7.17
git 2.17.1

[ivankravets]

Fixed in https://github.com/platformio/platformio-atom-ide-terminal/releases/tag/v2.10.1

Please update platformio-ide-terminal to the latest version.