I am currently unable to open code-insiders (latest build) The interface loads and then immediately closes, however there are code-insider processes left behind still running in back ground that I have to kill directly.
The error in the log is: /usr/share/code-insiders/code-insiders --unity-launch --enable-crashpad: symbol lookup error: /usr/share/code-insiders/resources/app/node_modules.asar.unpacked/vscode-encrypt/build/Release/vscode-encrypt-native.node: undefined symbol: SHA256_Init
I have seen similar posts that point to the libcrypt and libssh libraries and I have tried re-installing both with no change. I have also purged code and reinstalled the latest build. This still occurs if I try and launch with extensions disabled.
Any suggestions on where to search next would be appreciated.
SHA256_Init crash problem is due to the vscode-encrypt-native ELF is not linked against lcrypto so the symbols cannot be resolved properly.
You can do a quick fix:
$ find /usr/lib/ -type f -name "libcrypto.so.*"
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1
$ sudo apt instal patchelf
$ sudo patchelf --add-needed libcrypto.so.1.1 /usr/share/code-insiders/resources/app/node_modules.asar.unpacked/vscode-encrypt/build/Release/vscode-encrypt-native.node
Ref: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/142656#issuecomment-1034173634