I’m having the same problem: I can’t get the correct terminal to appear for my project.
Here’s a screenshot of the terminal I currently get (it doesn’t work for me — PostgreSQL doesn’t run, etc.) :
I’ve tried many things:
Uninstalled and reinstalled VS Code
Deleted all dependencies and related files
Followed multiple setup steps from scratch
I’m on a Windows 11 PC.
Yesterday everything was working fine — I completed an entire chapter without any problem, including setting up the environment on the first try.
The problem started when I moved on to the Relational Databases section, specifically the Build a Database of Video Game Characters project. This morning, when I tried to reopen my project, it no longer worked.
I suspect I might have misclicked something like “Rebuild and Reopen” (or something similar) when I shouldn’t have. But now, no matter what I do — rebuild, restart from scratch, delete everything and reinstall — it still doesn’t work.
Any ideas on how I can reset or recover the correct terminal environment for this project?
Once started are you able to press the Reset button?
I’m not sure what this part means so please clarify what is no longer working specifically.
Edit: if you are able to start CodeRoad, and then you click Reset and it works. You should be able to open a new bash terminal with the correct shell environment.
This morning, I took the time to reinstall everything: I reinstalled all the software and manually installed the CodeRoad extension in VS Code. It finally works now.
Just one question: I don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere that you need to download this extension. Isn’t it supposed to be installed automatically?
Thank you for your time !
yes, coderoad will be installed automatically if you have the latest copy of the rdb-alpha code. If you don’t, then your copy may request an old version of coderoad that does not work with current versions of vs code.
My advice is to run git pull origin main in your rdb-alpha directory and see if it downloads any update to the .devcontainer/devcontainer.json which defines the coderoad version.
