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renordw

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From: New Mexico

Registered: 2018-03-04

Posts: 56

VS Code Settings Sync Not Working between Arch Linux and other Distros

Hello Arch Community,

I'm facing an unusual issue with Visual Studio Code settings sync on Arch Linux. It works perfectly between Windows, Mac, and Ubuntu systems, but not with Arch Linux. On Arch, settings sync only works within its own installations (Insiders and Stable) but doesn't sync with the other OSes. I'm wondering if this might be related to specific dependencies or configurations on Arch Linux.

Setup:

* VS Code Version: 1.85 (Insiders), 1.84 (Stable)
* Arch Linux System
* Other Systems: Windows, Mac, Ubuntu (all syncing with each other)

Dependencies Installed:

libxkbfile
gnupg
gtk3
libsecret
nss
gcc-libs
libnotify
libxss
glibc
lsof

What I've Tried:

* I've ensured the same GitHub account is used for settings sync across all platforms.
* Checked network and firewall settings.
* Reviewed sync logs (no relevant errors found).

Question:
Could this issue be related to how certain dependencies are configured on my Arch Linux setup? Particularly interested in dependencies like libsecret or nss, which are related to security and authentication. I'm not sure if this is a common issue or unique to my system.

Any insights or suggestions from the community would be greatly appreciated.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,285

Re: VS Code Settings Sync Not Working between Arch Linux and other Distros

Are you using OSS code (without telemitry and MS store access) from the repos or actual vs code from microsoft? I can see if the former doesn't work with other setups. Have you seen https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Visual … stallation

renordw

Member

From: New Mexico

Registered: 2018-03-04

Posts: 56

Re: VS Code Settings Sync Not Working between Arch Linux and other Distros

It's actually a repackaged version made for Debian (https://github.com/nihaals/visual-studi … iders-arch). Strangely, all the versions installed on Arch computers were able to communicate with each other.

I never figured out why, but if this ever happens again to anyone there didn't seem to be anything less than a nuclear option.

I would up deleting the entire ".config/Code" and ".config/Code Insiders" folders then before doing anything, logged in with GitHub account several (~5) times until something(TM) non-reproducible switched. If I wound up seeing my other Arch systems on first sync, I closed it out and deleted the entire .config over and over and over until it sycned.

Mysteriously it was no longer synced with my other Arch computer, instead, with the Ubuntu/Mac/Windows computers, and haven't had any problems since then

Last edited by renordw (2023-12-06 20:40:42)