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Hi,
I am new with the ESP and i am trying to work with VSCode and use the debugger, the setup is:
- ESP32-S3 -DevKitC1
- espressif-idf ver 1.4
- IDF 4.4
- blink example

I'm working by the documentation and the YouTube guide as reference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq93H7T7cOQ)
configure the launch.json as:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"preLaunchTask": "preRun",
"type": "cppdbg",
"name": "Esp32OpenOcd",
"request": "launch",
"cwd":"${workspaceFolder}/build",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/build/${command:espIdf.getProjectName}.elf",
"miDebuggerPath": "${command:espIdf.getXtensaGdb}",
"setupCommands": [
{"text":"target remote :3333"},
{"text":"set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit 2"},
{"text":"monitor reset halt"},
{"text":"flushregs"},
{"text":"thb app_main"},
],
}
]
}
and the tasks.json as:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "preRun",
"type": "shell",
"windows": {
"command": "clear '&' start openocd -c \"set ESP_RTOS none\" -f board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg '&' exit"
}
}
]
}

It look that it start when i try to connect manually:

openocd -f board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg
Open On-Chip Debugger v0.11.0-esp32-20211220 (2021-12-20-15:43)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
Info : only one transport option; autoselect 'jtag'
Info : esp_usb_jtag: VID set to 0x303a and PID to 0x1001
Info : esp_usb_jtag: capabilities descriptor set to 0x2000
Warn : Transport "jtag" was already selected
Info : Listening on port 6666 for tcl connections
Info : Listening on port 4444 for telnet connections
Info : esp_usb_jtag: Device found. Base speed 40000KHz, div range 1 to 255
Info : clock speed 40000 kHz
Info : JTAG tap: esp32s3.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG tap: esp32s3.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : esp32s3.cpu0: Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000001
Info : esp32s3.cpu1: Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
Info : starting gdb server for esp32s3.cpu0 on 3333
Info : Listening on port 3333 for gdb connections

but when i use the launch.json - the dbg fail, it look that it fail to parse => Unable to start debugging. Unexpected GDB output from command "- interpreter-exec console "target remote:3333"" .:3333 (undocumented errno138)

Anyone have any idea how to solve that ?

Thanks

Did you resolve this issue?

I have the same issue, also using ESP32-S3. (following the same video guide)

I need this because:
Debugging using the configuration from the ESP-IDF extension in VSCode doesn't allow me to place logpoints.
When hovering over the breakpoint in the debug menu it shows: "Breakpoints of this type are not supported by the debugger"

I'm stuck with the same issue. I had a different issue before, but after resolving that, I got stuck with this. Here is a link to that thread: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30661.

I've used the command line successfully with OpenOCD / GDB, set a breakpoint and investigated a variable, but I have not gotten VSCode to launch and integrate with OpenOCB / GDB. It seems that something is not right with how VSCode hooks into GDB or OpenOCD.

I've been able to get it working, but I have to launch OpenOCD externally in a terminal. I type on the command line "openocd -c "set ESP_RTOS none" -f board/esp32c3-builtin.cfg". I need the folder above 'board' to be part of PATH. That is 'PATH_TO_SDK'\tools\openocd-esp32\v0.11.0-esp32-20220411\openocd-esp32\share\openocd\scripts in case you need that. I run that and leave the window open, then launch debugging. I have the preLaunchTask commented out in lauch.json. Sometimes is does drop the connection after it's done some connecting. I had it doe that after each partition while programming until it had programmed all 3 partitions. For now I have programming commented out in the setup commands. I also start the monitor first, so I get logs and I can reprogram before that step if I wish.

I've posted what worked for me here. Basically the preLaunchTask is not working for me to OpenOCD does not start. I have to start that in a terminal before starting a debug session, even though I followed the example for the preLaunchTask. Here is the other thread where I talk about it a little more: https://esp32.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t= ... 77#p108677.

Hi,
Has anyone managed to properly debug ESP32-S3 DevKitC-1. It's been over a year and I don't see a solution anywhere.
I followed the same example by Yuri-R video posted above for the ESP32-S2 but I also get the same problem shown in the screenshot.

I use VScode and esspresif extension + esp-idf latest versions.

If those step by step instructions and videos don't work for you or you miss a turn somewhere you usually end up in a loop where you waste too much time with no result. This is one, there is no step by step for this specific dev board and I don't really know what the problem is.

I can't help but to complain that we are 2023 and we type commands in command prompt like MS DOS. Instead of going forward we are going backwards. VScode might be a nice environment for combining many platforms but it's a nightmare to setup. I miss the specific compiler IDEs like Atmel Studio,Codevision etc. where you could debug easily. I'm tired of all those json files setup every time I do something, I wonder if I ditch VScode and try Eclipse if I could debug the dev kit. Has anyone tried that ?

Sorry for my complains prbly the wrong forum but I just wanted to get it out of me

Have you followed our setup tutorial here:

https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... install.md

And our debug tutorial:

https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... bugging.md

If you have any problems share the troubleshooting information with us to understand better the problem:

https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... leshooting

Thx for your answer ESP_bignacio,

I have already used the links you sent. After I press F5 to debug I get the error I select the USB-JTAG builtin option and I use the com port that says UART on the board (not the USB one)

Here is my settings.json.
Here is my launch.json

Hi Jimis1,

Please follow the steps from the link https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... leshooting Brian provided and attach the output of the Doctor's Command here, as well as the %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\espressif.esp-idf-extension-VERSION\esp_idf_vsc_ext.log file, after you've set the following:

NOTE: Use idf.openOcdDebugLevel configuration setting to 3 or more to show debug logging in OpenOCD server output.

NOTE: Use logLevel in your /.vscode/launch.json to 3 or more to show more debug adapter output.

Attaching the files