VSCode says "The editor cannot be opened due to an unexpected error: No file system provider found for resource 'vscode-remote://wsl%2Bubuntu/...' "
Goal: Get regular Bash and Git in Terminal working for Python projects in Visual Studio Code.
Anytime I launch, I see this error. I cannot open code or use Terminal.
Error Message:
The editor cannot be opened due to an unexpected error: No file system provider found for resource 'vscode-remote://wsl%2Bubuntu/...'
Update: Uninstalled WSL. I no longer have the below old Terminal output.
Terminal:
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.277] Resolving wsl+ubuntu, resolveAttempt: 1
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.361] Starting VS Code Server inside WSL (wsl1)
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.361] Extension version: 0.66.3
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.361] Windows build: 19044. Multi distro support: available. WSL path support: enabled
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.361] No shell environment set or found for current distro.
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.546] WSL daemon log file:
[2022-06-13 15:53:18.548] Probing if server is already installed: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsl.exe -d Ubuntu -e sh -c "[ -d ~/.vscode-server/bin/c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5 ] && printf found || ([ -f /etc/alpine-release ] && printf alpine-; uname -m)"
[2022-06-13 15:53:19.023] Probing result: x86_64
[2022-06-13 15:53:19.024] No server install found in WSL, needs linux-x64
[2022-06-13 15:53:19.024] Downloading server on client side to C:\Users\dabell\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-remote-wsl\c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5\vscode-server-stable-linux-x64.tar.gz.
[2022-06-13 15:53:19.024] https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5/server-linux-x64/stable
[2022-06-13 15:53:26.719] Unable to download server on client side: Error: Request downloadRequest failed with message: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND update.code.visualstudio.com. Will try to download on WSL side.
[2022-06-13 15:53:26.721] Launching C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsl.exe -d Ubuntu sh -c '"$VSCODE_WSL_EXT_LOCATION/scripts/wslServer.sh" c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5 stable code-server .vscode-server --host=127.0.0.1 --port=0 --connection-token=1433349295-3472956524-2784734323-674824766 --use-host-proxy --without-browser-env-var --disable-websocket-compression --accept-server-license-terms --telemetry-level=all'
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.103] Setting up server environment: Looking for /home/danielbellhv/.vscode-server/server-env-setup. Not found.
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.104] WSL version: 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft Ubuntu
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.104] Updating VS Code Server to version c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.104] Removing previous installation...
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.104] Installing VS Code Server for x64 (c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5)
[2022-06-13 15:53:27.104] Downloading:
[2022-06-13 15:53:37.329] 100%
[2022-06-13 15:53:37.329] Failed
[2022-06-13 15:53:37.331] --2022-06-13 16:53:37-- https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5/server-linux-x64/stable
[2022-06-13 15:53:37.331] Resolving update.code.visualstudio.com (update.code.visualstudio.com)...
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.093] failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.093] wget: unable to resolve host address ‘update.code.visualstudio.com’
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.093] ERROR: Failed to download https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5/server-linux-x64/stable to /home/danielbellhv/.vscode-server/bin/c3511e6c69bb39013c4a4b7b9566ec1ca73fc4d5-1655135606.tar.gz
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.094] VS Code Server for WSL closed unexpectedly.
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.094] For help with startup problems, go to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting#_wsl-tips
[2022-06-13 15:53:47.116] WSL Daemon exited with code 0
Solution
I simply uninstalled and reinstalled WSL 2, from Windows Store.
You can via command line, but I found using Windows Store to be more accessible / user friendly.
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