vscode-neovim: MainController: Neovim exited with code: 0

When launching VSCode I get the following error messages: 2021-03-03T15:59:55.165Z MainController: Neovim exited with code: 0 and 2021-03-03T15:59:55.160Z MainController: Neovim was disconnected

This is my settings.json:

{
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Gruvbox Material Dark",
    "editor.fontFamily": "'Hack'",
    "vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux": "/snap/bin/nvim",
    "vscode-neovim.neovimInitVimPaths.linux": "/home/noah/.config/nvim/test.vim",
    "vscode-neovim.highlightGroups.highlights": {
    
        "Directory": "vim",
        "IncSearch": {
            "backgroundColor": "theme.editor.findMatchBackground",
            "borderColor": "theme.editor.findMatchBorder"
        },
        "Search": {
            "backgroundColor": "theme.editor.findMatchHighlightBackground",
            "borderColor": "theme.editor.findMatchHighlightBorder"
        },
        "Visual": {
            "backgroundColor": "theme.editor.selectionBackground"
        },
        "Conceal": "vim",
        "Substitute": "vim"
    },
}

~/.config/nvim/test.vim is a empty file, but I also tried it with my existing init.vim. Running which nvim in the terminal outputs /snap/bin/nvim.

Here’s the output of :checkhealth inside nvim with nvim -u test.vim:

health#nvim#check
========================================================================
## Configuration
  - OK: no issues found

## Performance
  - OK: Build type: RelWithDebInfo

## Remote Plugins
  - OK: Up to date

## terminal
  - INFO: key_backspace (kbs) terminfo entry: key_backspace=\177
  - INFO: key_dc (kdch1) terminfo entry: key_dc=\E[3~
  - INFO: $COLORTERM='truecolor'

health#provider#check
========================================================================
## Clipboard (optional)
  - OK: Clipboard tool found: xclip

## Python 2 provider (optional)
  - WARNING: No Python executable found that can `import neovim`. Using the first available executable for diagnostics.
  - ERROR: Python provider error:
    - ADVICE:
      - provider/pythonx: Could not load Python 2:
          /usr/bin/python2 does not have the "neovim" module. :help |provider-python|
          /usr/bin/python2.7 does not have the "neovim" module. :help |provider-python|
          python2.6 not found in search path or not executable.
          /usr/bin/python is Python 3.8 and cannot provide Python 2.
  - INFO: Executable: Not found

## Python 3 provider (optional)
  - INFO: `g:python3_host_prog` is not set.  Searching for python3 in the environment.
  - INFO: Multiple python3 executables found.  Set `g:python3_host_prog` to avoid surprises.
  - INFO: Executable: /usr/bin/python3
  - INFO: Other python executable: /bin/python3
  - INFO: Python version: 3.8.6
  - INFO: pynvim version: 0.4.3
  - OK: Latest pynvim is installed.

## Python virtualenv
  - OK: no $VIRTUAL_ENV

## Ruby provider (optional)
  - INFO: Ruby: ruby 2.7.1p83 (2020-03-31 revision a0c7c23c9c) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
  - INFO: Host: /usr/local/bin/neovim-ruby-host
  - OK: Latest "neovim" gem is installed: 0.8.1

## Node.js provider (optional)
  - INFO: Node.js: v12.18.2
  - INFO: Nvim node.js host: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/neovim/bin/cli.js
  - OK: Latest "neovim" npm/yarn package is installed: 4.9.0

## Perl provider (optional)
  - ERROR: perl provider error:
    - ADVICE:
      - "Neovim::Ext" cpan module is not installed

Log (Extension Host):

[2021-03-03 17:09:43.405] [exthost] [info] extension host started
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.438] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.microsoft-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.microsoft-authentication","_lower":"vscode.microsoft-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:microsoft"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.438] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/microsoft-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.445] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.debug-auto-launch {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.debug-auto-launch","_lower":"vscode.debug-auto-launch"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.445] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/debug-auto-launch/dist/extension
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.447] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.git {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github","_lower":"vscode.github"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.447] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.460] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension asvetliakov.vscode-neovim {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"asvetliakov.vscode-neovim","_lower":"asvetliakov.vscode-neovim"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.461] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///home/noah/.vscode/extensions/asvetliakov.vscode-neovim-0.0.78/dist/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.474] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension sainnhe.gruvbox-material {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"sainnhe.gruvbox-material","_lower":"sainnhe.gruvbox-material"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.474] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///home/noah/.vscode/extensions/sainnhe.gruvbox-material-6.3.6/out/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.566] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode.js-debug {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode.js-debug","_lower":"ms-vscode.js-debug"},"activationEvent":"onCommand:extension.js-debug.clearAutoAttachVariables"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.566] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/ms-vscode.js-debug/src/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.631] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github","_lower":"vscode.github"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.631] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/github/dist/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.713] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github-authentication","_lower":"vscode.github-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:github"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:43.713] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.440] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.emmet {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.emmet","_lower":"vscode.emmet"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.440] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/emmet/dist/node/emmetNodeMain
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.452] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.merge-conflict {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.merge-conflict","_lower":"vscode.merge-conflict"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.453] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/merge-conflict/dist/mergeConflictMain
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.456] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.testing-editor-contributions {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.testing-editor-contributions","_lower":"vscode.testing-editor-contributions"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:53.456] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/testing-editor-contributions/dist/extension.js
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.931] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.configuration-editing {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.configuration-editing","_lower":"vscode.configuration-editing"},"activationEvent":"onLanguage:jsonc"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.931] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/configuration-editing/dist/configurationEditingMain
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.939] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.json-language-features {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.json-language-features","_lower":"vscode.json-language-features"},"activationEvent":"onLanguage:jsonc"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.940] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/json-language-features/client/dist/node/jsonClientMain
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.973] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.typescript-language-features {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.typescript-language-features","_lower":"vscode.typescript-language-features"},"activationEvent":"onLanguage:jsonc"}
[2021-03-03 17:09:59.973] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///snap/code/55/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/typescript-language-features/dist/extension

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  • State: closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions: 10
  • Comments: 18

Most upvoted comments

Actually /snap/bin/nvim is just a symlink to the actual nvim executable, for some reason VSCode has trouble with it being a symlink, but adding the real path to the executable works fine.

The real path is /snap/nvim/current/usr/bin/nvim

+10
searleser97 on Aug 26, 2023

I have found a workaround. Instead of installing neovim via snap, I’ve downloaded a nightly release from github.

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/nightly

Direct link to the file: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim.appimage

I’ve downloaded it to the home folder and followed the instructions:

chmod u+x nvim.appimage

I’ve changed neovim location in vscode settings and everything works fine.

{
    "vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux": "/home/z/nvim.appimage"
}
+10
zeljkofilipin on May 18, 2021 
// "vscode-neovim.neovimPath": "C:/tools/neovim/Neovim/bin", // remve this
    "vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.win32/linux/darwin": "C:/tools/neovim/Neovim/bin",
``
+5
steelx on Jun 28, 2021

This also seems to work for me! I still don’t understand why it doesn’t work with the snap install. It should be a valid version, right? But I guess, it doesn’t matter for now. Thank you!

+3
nschluessel on May 27, 2021

I have noticed the same problem, but only on ubuntu.

vscode-neovim works fine on macos. On macos I’ve installed neovim via homebrew (brew install --HEAD neovim).

I have installed neovim on ubuntu via snap (sudo snap install nvim --edge --classic) and I am getting the same error message in vscode as @TheTrueBrot.

vscode

My settings.json also has

{
    "vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux": "/snap/bin/nvim"
}

neovim seems to work fine by itself.

z@air:~$ which nvim
/snap/bin/nvim

z@air:~$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.5.0-dev+1325-gdab6b08a1
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compilation: /usr/bin/cc -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -O2 -g -Og -g -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wmissing-prototypes -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wvla -fstack-protector-strong -fno-common -fdiagnostics-color=always -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNVIM_MSGPACK_HAS_FLOAT32 -DNVIM_UNIBI_HAS_VAR_FROM -DMIN_LOG_LEVEL=3 -I/build/nvim/parts/nvim/build/build/config -I/build/nvim/parts/nvim/build/src -I/build/nvim/parts/nvim/build/.deps/usr/include -I/usr/include -I/build/nvim/parts/nvim/build/build/src/nvim/auto -I/build/nvim/parts/nvim/build/build/include
Compiled by root@lgw01-amd64-023

Features: +acl +iconv +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

nvim

+3
zeljkofilipin on May 18, 2021

I got this error because my default WSL distro was not the one on which Neovim was installed. Switching the default distro to the correct one fixed it.

wsl --set-default <Distribution Name>

+2
mdashx on Mar 3, 2023

This is the first solution. Thank you.

+1
sanikovic-sergej on Aug 26, 2023

I had the same problem. Snap version is not working with VSCode plugin. As a workaround install from .deb

Remove snap version:

sudo snap remove nvim

Is you installed neovim apt-get version 0.6 - remove that too. It leaves some leftovers, so autoremove is mandatory, otherwise last package install will be failing:

sudo apt-get purge neovim
sudo apt autoremove

Install debian package:

sudo apt install ./nvim-linux64.deb

After that it worked for me with latest version 😃

+1
Verisana on Feb 6, 2023
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