timeout error when using external terminal in Manjaro

Question

I have installed Visual Studio Code with the Python extension in Linux Manjaro. When I try to launch a Python script, the external terminal opens but after 5s I get an error message in a window telling me "timeout" and my script doesn't launch.

I've seen this post with the same problem on Windows 10 but the fix doesn't seem to work on Manjaro. Any idea?

Here is my launch.json file

{
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"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [

    {
        "name": "Python: Current File (Integrated Terminal)",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${file}",
        "console": "integratedTerminal"
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Remote Attach",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "attach",
        "port": 5678,
        "host": "localhost",
        "pathMappings": [
            {
                "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
                "remoteRoot": "."
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Module",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "module": "enter-your-module-name-here",
        "console": "integratedTerminal"
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Django",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/IA_TD2.py",
        "console": "integratedTerminal",
        "args": [
            "runserver",
            "--noreload",
            "--nothreading"
        ],
        "django": true
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Flask",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "module": "flask",
        "env": {
            "FLASK_APP": "app.py"
        },
        "args": [
            "run",
            "--no-debugger",
            "--no-reload"
        ],
        "jinja": true
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Current File (External Terminal)",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${file}",
        "console": "externalTerminal"
    },
    {
        "name": "Python: Current File (None)",
        "type": "python",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${file}",
        "console": "none"
    }
]

}

Answer 1

Unfortunately VSCode is not compatible with every terminal and it seems not (yet) compatible with your Linux Manjaro installation with KDE Desktop Environment.

Switching to another terminal will surely solve this (i.e. GNOME Terminal). I'm not sure, if the gnome-terminal package is aviable without installing the GNOME Desktop Environment.

Here is a good solution how you can do this without reinstalling the whole OS.