Unable to list serial ports in VS Code on Windows
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:42 pm
I've installed the ESP-IDF extension for VS-Code on Windows 11 with WSL2. The install seemed to work without issue however I am not able to set the serial port and therefore cannot communicate with the device.
Running ESP-IDF: Select Port to use results in an error message with the text:
If I run ESP-IDF: Install ESP-IDF extension python packages I get an error that says
Seaching around for this error brings me to a related issue in VS Code https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/14327 however I'm unsure if this has to do with the serial port issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My device is a ESP-WROVER-KIT
Running ESP-IDF: Select Port to use results in an error message with the text:
Something went wrong while getting the serial port list
If I run ESP-IDF: Install ESP-IDF extension python packages I get an error that says
."/opt/esp/python_env/idf4.3_py3.6_env/bin/python" -m pip install --user virtualenv ERROR: Can not perform a '--user' install. User site-packages are not visible in this virtualenv.
Seaching around for this error brings me to a related issue in VS Code https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/14327 however I'm unsure if this has to do with the serial port issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My device is a ESP-WROVER-KIT