vscode: Open New External Terminal Not Work (Ubuntu Linux)

Type: Bug

Since the last update I can’t open the external terminal from VSCode, before I did it easily with the ctrl+shift+c key combination and now it doesn’t open at all.

I try both with the key combination ctrl+shift+c or looking for the option “Open New External Terminal” in “show all commands” but it doesn’t work. Even from Explorer by right clicking on the context menu “Open in External Terminal” and it doesn’t open either.

The external terminal is the Ubuntu terminal and it works perfectly.

I clarify that before the last update I could perfectly open the external terminal with the ctrl+shift+C key combination without any problem.

I hope they give me the solution because I had already gotten used to opening the external terminal from vscode so I don’t have to navigate to the project folder if I open it from outside vscode.

Thank you

VS Code version: Code 1.77.3 (704ed70d4fd1c6bd6342c436f1ede30d1cff4710, 2023-04-12T09:16:52.732Z) OS version: Linux x64 5.19.0-38-generic snap Modes: Sandboxed: No

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About this issue

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  • State: open
  • Created a year ago
  • Reactions: 21
  • Comments: 28 (2 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

mine got resolved after I uninstalled the snap/ubuntu store one, and re-installed it through .deb file downloaded from vs-code website.

The source of the problem is clear, and still after 3 months no fix or feedback was provided. I guess that is time to stop using snap.

Hi guys. Installing vscode deb package downloaded from the vscode website can solve this problem. This is a temporary solution and don’t forget to back up your vscode configurations.

I guess this problem only appears in snap version, not sure.

Able to reproduce the bug on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with VS Code 1.77.2.

Running gnome-terminal on the integrated terminal is possible by using unset GTK_PATH, without this the terminal displays the error:

/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.real: symbol lookup error: /snap/core20/current/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0: undefined symbol: __libc_pthread_init, version GLIBC_PRIVATE

Same issue with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and VS Code : image

Impossible to open a new external terminal.

I can reproduce this issue on my Ubuntu 22.04.1 machine with VS Code 1.77.3. The issue reproduces if I keep the default setting of "terminal.external.linuxExec": "x-terminal-emulator", and also if I change it to gnome-terminal.

I cannot reproduce this issue on my Windows 11 machine with VS Code 11.77.3.

I encountered another user on Ubuntu 22.04.2 who can reproduce this issue as well. See this post on Stack Overflow: Why does Ctrl + Shift + C no longer open a new external terminal in VS Code? and my answer post there.

same here

mine got resolved after I uninstalled the snap/ubuntu store one, and re-installed it through .deb file downloaded from vs-code website.

same here

+1

I think I found a way to correct the setup. In vscode, go to Settings (Ctrl + , ) then search for “exec”, in “Terminal > External: Linux Exec” enter e.g. “konsole” if your have “konsole” installed, or another terminal application name. Check if the terminal application can be run in a console. In my case gnome-terminal and also xterm both lead to “bash: … command not found”. In my case, there was “xterm” configured, but “xterm” was not installed on my Manjaro XFCE. After changing the setting, opening external console in vscode works (Ctrl + Shift + C) in my case. So, in my eyes, not a bug in the distro packages, but a default malconfiguration eventually. But there is a bug in that sense, that when vscode wants start a terminal application which does not exists in search path, no error occurs! a silent fail.

I’m also experiencing this issue on Ubuntu 22.04. Snap installation.

same, ubuntu 23.04

The user who asked the Stack Overflow question I answered has this:

Version: 1.78.2
Commit: b3e4e68a0bc097f0ae7907b217c1119af9e03435
Date: 2023-05-10T14:47:05.613Z
Electron: 22.5.2
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.19.0-41-generic snap
Sandboxed: No

I wonder if this is related to Snap installations? I’m also on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with VS Code installed as a Snap (I have VS Code 1.78.2 now).

@ramfaof I can reproduce the behaviour you’ve described.

Same here with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

This works for me on Insider’s/macOS. Can you try insider’s?