Vscode-powershell: Step-Over does not returns until i press a key inside the terminal on Ubuntu

[WernerMairl]

System Details

• Operating system name and version:
  Ubuntu 16.04 (current LTS fresh installed) + Ubuntu Desktop

• VS Code version:
  Version 1.12.2
  Date 2017-05-10T13:16:25.899Z
  Shell 1.6.6
  Renderer 56.0.2924.87
  Node 7.4.0

• PowerShell extension version:
  1.2.1

• Output from $PSVersionTable:
  PSVersion 6.0.0-beta
  PSEdition Core
  BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
  CLRVersion
  GitCommitId v6.0.0-beta.1
  OS Linux 4.4.0-78-generic #99-Ubun...
  Platform Unix
  PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
  PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
  SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
  WSManStackVersion 3.0

Issue Description

using F10 (Step-Over) to execute a line, the execution seems to hang/never returns!
workaround: set cursor into the terminal and press (any) key: Step-Over comes back and the execution cursor is on the next line... work can be continued.

Observations: the bahavior is not on every line, it seems specially if Write-XXX commands are involved

i'm new on Linux so i'm not sure that i'm doing everything in the right way....
regards
Werner

[daviwil]

This is very strange, thanks for reporting it! I'll take a look.

[WernerMairl]

tell me if or how i can help....

[chrisdias]

i'm seeing this too...pretty much blocks debugging on Linux unless you find this issue in github.

[jackmusick]

987 Debugger frozen after first breakpoint

This is the same thing as an issue I have open and it's been a problem for a few versions, now. The only difference is that I'm experiencing after stepping into, every other time after pressing enter. This happens on macOS but not Windows.

[marcosowns]

This is the exact same issue I have been experiencing for the last 2 months on Mac OS. Any help here would be appreciated.

[WernerMairl]

Again 3 months later with a fresh/new environment!

BUT NEW BEHAVIOR:
The key-press inside the terminal windows is required for every (exactly) SECOND Step-Over!

Windows 10 HyperV
Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop amd64
installed VSCode (dep download and install via UI)
installed Powershell Core (beta 8) downloading dep and install via UI)

VS-Code 1.17.1
Powershell Plugin 1.4.3
Powershell 6.0.0.beta-8

what are the next steps to solve that ?

• Any trace that i can activate ?
• Any Linux/NodeJs/Atom/VSCode//Powershell expert available that can/will do a debug/inspection session on my machine (TeamViewer,Goto,WebEx whatever)

regards
Werner

[WernerMairl]

next try: fresh installed jessie...same problem/behavior

anyone can confirm that behavior in the same linux versions - or i must assume that i'm causing that by "my way" to install the components ?

• jessie/ubuntu installed - with Keyboard German/AUT
• VS-Code installed by downloading dep => open with Package Manager
• Powershell Core installed by downloading dep => open with Package Manager
• start vscode, install extension, create a few lines of script.. try
  -restart vscode - retry....

Werner

[WernerMairl]

@daviwil, @pcgeek86 and others:

This issue seems to block the debugging on Linux
I have re-tested with two different fresh installed Linux distributions - no way

Q: anyone has a Linux installation where debugging is working ?

If yes, please provide some details about the distro.... i need a workaround - everything that helps to debug under Linux can help!

If there is no one with a working Linux => suggest to make this a high priority issue

regards
Werner

[pcgeek86]

Hi @WernerMairl, I don't actively develop the code for this project, and I don't work at Microsoft either, however I do help to curate issues on this project. Unfortunately, time doesn't presently allow me to dive deep in this particular area.

For the time being, since it seems you're interested in helping to drive a root cause analysis and resolution, I would suggest that you capture the verbose logs from the VSCode PowerShell extension. You can probably get started by reviewing those logs for anomalies, such as errors or warnings. David would be much better versed in reading these logs than I would be. Check out the README.md in the root of this GitHub project for directions to enable verbose logging, and where to find the log files on your Linux filesystem.

[rkeithhill]

Closing this issue in vscode-powershell as we're tracking it in the PSES repo: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices/issues/554

[WernerMairl]

HELP!
There is anyone that can help me to push this issue into a higher priority or do more work on the details/investigations (any help is welcome) ?

The Issue now is on the right place (EditorService: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices/issues/554)
but i need some help....

My assumption: Powershell Plugin is NOT usable on Linux and Mac over MONTHS and nobody cares ?

Writing this here because it seems there is more people here and the Plugin is directly impacted!

regards
Werner

[rkeithhill]

Sorry, I haven't given up on this bug yet. Just had to wrestle with some other bugs for the upcoming 1.5.1 release. I plan to spend time on this one over the weekend to see if there's a way to get this working. I'd like to get this in for 1.5.1. We'll see how it goes.