ESP32 Forum

Hi,
I'm having trouble with the very first steps in a new IDF 6.0:

(1) Clean, fresh and virgin system
(2) Creating c:\Espressif folder to have all the stuff there
(3) Espressif-IDE downloaded and saved to c:\espressif\IDE
(4) Installing EIM -> IDF6.0 -> everything installs & gets fine in c:\Espressif. All the steps are OK, cannot attach screenshots dut to limitation of 3 files!
(5) Launching Espressif-IDE.

Note the upper-left corner with a faulty title "workspace - null - Espressif-IDE"

(6) Activating the 6.0 IDF and having this wierd error:

Executing:[C:\Espressif\tools\python\v6.0.1\venv\Scripts\python.exe, C:\Espressif\IDE\null\tools\idf.py, --list-targets]
C:\Espressif\tools\python\python.exe: can't open file 'C:\\Espressif\\IDE\\null\\tools\\idf.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory



Sure there is no NULL folder!
And I cannot track down the bad script that has this bad path speciefied....

With that said I can do absolutely nothing!
Please help me out.

I'd like to upgrade from an old but fully functional IDF 5.0.1 (on another machine) to 6.0.

/* The only reason for that is a poor 5.0 Wifi driver that DOES NOT allow AP channel switching when clients are online - esp_wifi_set_channel() fails. ChatGPT says IDF 6.0 wifi driver can carry out all the CSA actions correctly and switch clients seamlessly.... NOTE: if this is not true then I don't need this 6.0 either. */

I am on linux Espressif IDE barely works and so is the building

but, it is a battle

What was useful, for me, go to advanced configuration of eim and install just the cpu you need and the things you need

then, test the whole setup with console, remember that you MUST source the envoronment as first thing

Yes, I got there thru the "Advanced" setup with a single "esp32 chip"... Installation process looks fine but the result is negative (refer to the above).

Looks like the EIM approach is a long way from usable...