VSCode 1.57 hangs on linux with a message "Select a language to get started. Start typing to dismiss, or don't show this again."

[SrikrishnanS]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.57
• OS Version: Linux 4.1.12-124.46.4.1.el7uek.x86_64 gulp-symdest does not preserve links on electron #2 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Downloaded Visual Studio Code 1.57 tar file (.tar.gz 64 bit) from https://code.visualstudio.com/download
2. Extracted the tar: tar -xf
3. Used bin/code binary

[bpasero]

/gifPlease

[SrikrishnanS]

Here's a screenshot, app freezes with this screen...

[bpasero]

@SrikrishnanS you cannot click into the editor and start typing or use anything from the application?

[ladouxs]

Hi,
I encountered the same issue on Linux CentOS 7.4 64 bits.

Virtual machine VMWare
[team@localhost Documents]$ uname -r
3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64

I think this issue is easy to reproduce on a CentOS 7 VM.
In the past I had no problem installing VS Code on various Linux systems.
Best Regards.

UPDATE : VSCode v. 1.56 raised the same issue but version 1.53 (January 2021) seems to work.

[bpasero]

The linux issue can be solved by running code --no-sandbox

[ladouxs]

Running "code" with --no-sandbox argument did not solved the problem, but as mentioned before, previous versions tagged "el7" are working correctly (i.e. keyboard responsive) on CentOS 7.

[SrikrishnanS]

@SrikrishnanS you cannot click into the editor and start typing or use anything from the application?

Yes, I can't click or work with vscode.

[bpasero]

Can you see if it still reproduces when disabling the GPU support in VSCode? You can do that by running VSCode from the command line like this: code --disable-gpu

If that helps, you can permanently configure this option via:

• Command Palette search for "Configure Runtime Arguments"
• Set disable-hardware-acceleration: true
• Restart

[SrikrishnanS]

Hi @bpasero
--no-sandbox didn't work:
Warning: 'sandbox' is not in the list of known options, but still passed to Electron/Chromium.
--disable-gpu didn't work either, had no effect - window still frozen.

[bpasero]

Can you try to reproduce with our nightly insider builds? You can give our preview releases a try from: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[SrikrishnanS]

Past the earlier screen, but freezes with a different home screen now

[bpasero]

Anything special about your setup? What Linux distro is this?

[ladouxs]

Hi @bpasero,

I installed your nightly insider builds as mentioned.
Running code-insiders --no-sandbox --verbose gave me the stack trace in attachment.
code_stack.txt

[bpasero]

Thanks, this seems like the culprit:

Error: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /usr/share/code-insiders/resources/app/node_modules.asar.unpacked/spdlog/build/Release/spdlog.node)
    at process.func [as dlopen] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1185:18)
    at Object.func [as .node] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:2073)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:982:32)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:823:14)
    at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12684)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1006:19)
    at v (/usr/share/code-insiders/resources/app/out/vs/loader.js:4:698)

I let Deepak continue the investigation, I think there maybe duplicates.

[SrikrishnanS]

@bpasero @deepak1556
OS: Linux 4.1.12-124.46.4.1.el7uek.x86_64 x86_64
System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
KDE: 4.14.8

[deepak1556]

Merging this to #115784

This is a known issue that versions higher that 1.52 don't work on RHEL 7 systems, there is workaround to install newer gcc toolchain mentioned in the linked issue until we work on a fix.

[SrikrishnanS]

Any ETA for when the fix will make it?