Trying to start debug but getting an error

[SvenGJansson]

👉🏻I'm trying to start and run debugger, but I get an error I do not understand. Here is a screen shot:

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Context	Version
Code for IBM i version	2.4.0
Visual Studio Code version	1.84.0
Operating System	win32_x64

Active extensions

Code for IBM i Walkthroughs (vscode-ibmi-walkthroughs): 0.4.0
Db2 for IBM i (vscode-db2i): 0.5.1
Emmet (emmet): 1.0.0
Git (git): 1.0.0
Git Base (git-base): 1.0.0
GitHub (github): 0.0.1
IBM i Debug (ibmidebug): 1.0.0
IBM i system debugger (ibm-i-run-system-debugger-in-acs): 0.0.1
JSON Language Features (json-language-features): 1.0.0
Merge Conflict (merge-conflict): 1.0.0
Node Debug Auto-attach (debug-auto-launch): 1.0.0
RPGLE (vscode-rpgle): 0.23.0
Remote - SSH (remote-ssh): 0.107.0
Remote Explorer (remote-explorer): 0.4.1
Server Ready Action (debug-server-ready): 1.0.0
TypeScript and JavaScript Language Features (typescript-language-features): 1.0.0
WSL: Recommender (remote-wsl-recommender): 0.0.19

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Remote system

Setting	Value
IBM i OS	V7R4M0
Tech Refresh	7
CCSID	278
SQL	Enabled
Source dates	Disabled

Enabled features

/usr/bin		/QSYS.LIB	/QIBM/ProdData/IBMiDebugService/bin
attr	ILEDITOR.GETNEWLIBL	QZDFMDB2.PGM	startDebugService.sh
iconv
ls
setccsid
tar

Shell env

Variants

{
  "american": "#@$",
  "local": "ÄÖÅ"
}

Errors

[
  {
    "command": "system \"CPYTOSTMF FROMMBR('/QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr') TOSTMF('/tmp/vscodetemp-O_uqZlvUDX') STMFOPT(*REPLACE) STMFCCSID(1208) DBFCCSID(278)\"",
    "code": 255,
    "stderr": "CPFA0A9: Object not found.  Object is /QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr.\nCPFA097: Object not copied.  Object is /QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr.",
    "cwd": "."
  },
  {
    "command": "system \"CPYTOSTMF FROMMBR('/QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr') TOSTMF('/tmp/vscodetemp-O_uqZlvUDX') STMFOPT(*REPLACE) STMFCCSID(1208) DBFCCSID(278)\"",
    "code": 255,
    "stderr": "CPFA0A9: Object not found.  Object is /QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr.\nCPFA097: Object not copied.  Object is /QSYS.lib/R03754.lib/VSCODE.file/RPGLINT.mbr.",
    "cwd": "."
  },
  {
    "command": "export BUILDLIB=\"R03754\" && export CURLIB=\"R03754\" && export USERNAME=\"r03754\" && export HOST=\"rbpte.ibmi.resurs.com\" && export HOME=\"/home/R03754\" && export LIBLS=\"" && env",
    "code": 1,
    "stderr": "bsh: BUILDLIB=R03754: is not an identifier",
    "cwd": "/home/R03754"
  }
]

[mkwan01]

This is a generic error message, which does not provide too much useful information.

Questions:

1. How do you start the debug service? Do you see any error when starting the debug service?
2. How do you generate the certificate and where does the certificate file exist?

[mkwan01]

Please note that you need to specify the password when you create the IBM i connection. If the password is not specified, you can get this error message. Please verify whether the password is specified for your connection.

[duieolson]

I am getting this error as well. Has anyone found a solution? When I kickoff the debug(call of the program), it prompts me for my password(I chose this as I am forced to change passwords often). It takes the password fine and moves on. But throws the exact same message as above. Debugger, Debug Service and Debug Server are all running. I started them from New Nav for i on the TCP server screen. Above image.

I went thru the VSCode setup Debugger walkthrough and generated the certs, overlaying what existed. Didn't matter. I have no idea where to go from here.

Code for IBM i version 2.4.0 IBM i Debug version 1.0.0

VSCode Version: 1.85.1 (system setup) Commit: 0ee08df0cf4527e40edc9aa28f4b5bd38bbff2b2 Date: 2023-12-13T09:49:37.021Z Electron: 25.9.7 ElectronBuildId: 25551756 Chromium: 114.0.5735.289 Node.js: 18.15.0 V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

[mkwan01]

@duieolson Please try to get the output of the debug service and attach it to this issue. Depending on how you start the debug service, the output may appear in a QPRINT file of a JVM process or directly appear in the green screen console.

[duieolson]

I never could find the service job/joblog to review. So I got drastic and decided to start over completely. I blew away all the certificate files in the IFS and redid the walk thru. The service started and I was able to start debugging on this system. Interesting, but I will take it.