Unable to establish a connection to GDB when "externalConsole": falseΒ #2889
Description
Type: Debugger
(I'm sorry for my poor English)
- OS and Version: Windows 10 Pro 1809 18290.100
- VS Code Version: 1.29.1
- C/C++ Extension Version: 0.20.1
I want to debug with the built-in terminal on VS Code, so I set "externalConsole": false in launch.json.
But when I started debugging, it told me "Unable to establish a connection to GDB". I have already installed MinGW-w64.
This is my launch.json file:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "C/C++ Debugging with GDB",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\Program Files\\mingw-w64\\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "Compile C/C++"
}
]
}and tasks.json:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "Compile C/C++",
"command": "g++",
"args": [
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"-g",
"-Wall",
"-lm",
"-std=c++17"
],
"type": "shell",
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"presentation": {
"echo": true,
"reveal": "always",
"focus": true,
"panel": "shared"
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "cpp",
"fileLocation": "absolute",
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(error):\\s+(.*)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
}
}
}
]
}Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Open a c/cpp file
- Navigate to Debug panel
- Click "Start Debugging"
- Error happened.
This error only happens when "externalConsole": false in launch.json. If "externalConsole": true, it will be normal.