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[iMistly]

Type: Bug

I recently installed Kubuntu and had visual studio working fine. I installed java(default-jre/default-jdk) and now my visual studio is unresponsive. I am sure more things are broken but it's hard to tell since I can't really navigate most things.

VS Code version: Code 1.96.4 (cd4ee3b, 2025-01-16T00:16:19.038Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic snap
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz (8 x 1422)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: unavailable_software canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: disabled_software multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: disabled_off rasterization: disabled_software raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: disabled_software video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: unavailable_software webgl2: unavailable_software webgpu: disabled_off webnn: unavailable_software
Load (avg)	3, 1, 0
Memory (System)	15.39GB (11.65GB free)
Process Argv	--no-sandbox --force-user-env --crash-reporter-id 06c1efc3-9b56-453b-8926-244f0a8be8eb
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	plasma
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	KDE
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	KDE
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	x11

Extensions (58)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
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dart-code	Dar	3.102.0
go-to-character-position	dav	2.0.1
vscode-deno	den	3.43.2
python-environment-manager	don	1.2.7
python-extension-pack	don	1.7.0
gitlens	eam	16.2.1
vscode-html-css	ecm	2.0.13
c-cpp-runner	fra	9.4.9
godot-tools	gee	2.3.0
codespaces	Git	1.17.3
copilot	Git	1.259.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.23.2
vscode-pull-request-github	Git	0.102.0
haskell	has	2.4.4
language-haskell	jus	3.6.0
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vscode-autohotkey-plus-plus	mar	6.4.3
rainbow-csv	mec	3.15.0
vscode-docker	ms-	1.29.4
autopep8	ms-	2024.0.0
debugpy	ms-	2024.14.0
isort	ms-	2023.10.1
python	ms-	2024.22.2
vscode-pylance	ms-	2024.12.1
remote-ssh	ms-	0.116.1
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.87.0
cmake-tools	ms-	1.19.52
cpptools	ms-	1.23.4
cpptools-extension-pack	ms-	1.3.0
makefile-tools	ms-	0.11.13
remote-explorer	ms-	0.4.3
gremlins	nho	0.26.0
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java	red	1.39.0
markdown-preview-enhanced	shd	0.8.15
lua	sum	3.13.5
pdf	tom	1.2.2
cmake	twx	0.0.17
vscode-lldb	vad	1.11.2
intellicode-api-usage-examples	Vis	0.2.9
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.3.2
vscode-gradle	vsc	3.16.4
vscode-java-debug	vsc	0.58.1
vscode-java-dependency	vsc	0.24.1
vscode-java-pack	vsc	0.29.0
vscode-java-test	vsc	0.43.0
vscode-maven	vsc	0.44.0
vscode-icons	vsc	12.10.0
jinja	who	0.0.8
vscode-dosbox	xsr	0.1.8
vscode-sqlite3-editor	yy0	1.0.201

(2 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

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[iMistly]

Found out this only applies to files i am trying to create with VSC. I can create a file outside of the gui and open it with VSC, and it will have the expected interactions.

If I close and reopen VSC, I am able to close the temp(non-saved) files, but I try to save with either the File menu or Ctrl+S it will essentially seize up.
Unsaved files persist due to the workspace never closing.

I can only assume it's some sort of permission issue, and VSC just hangs.

[bpasero]

Can you try to reproduce with our nightly insider builds? You can give our preview releases a try from: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[iMistly]

The desired functionality works with the insider build on both a fresh install and after I synced my profile/extensions.
Two questions:
Is it okay to continue using the insider build?
Should I avoid syncing?

[bpasero]

Yes insiders is good, glad it works!

[iMistly]

I am still relatively new to Linux but I am pretty sure Snap is the issue. I redownloaded the insider build from the snap store and came across the same issue. I will be sticking with the downloading directly from the site.