peoj
I’m finding that IEx hangs and stops accepting input immediately on start from Windows 11. I see an iex> prompt and can get no further. The app does apparently continue to run, log output continues, but I cannot make further input.
PS > elixir -v
Erlang/OTP 26 [erts-14.2.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:24:24] [ds:24:24:10] [async-threads:1] [jit:ns]
Elixir 1.16.0 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 26)
I’m using OTP 26.2.1 + Elixir 1.16.
I have also tried OTP 25 which doesn’t seem to exhibit the same problem but comes with its own annoyances in the form of werl.exe.
I know that there were a few console issues that were introduced with OTP 26, some of which (but perhaps not all) were addressed in 26.2.
Does anyone know how I can get more information out of the system to see what’s going wrong (or even how to fix it, which would be most welcome)?
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cmo
OTP issue tracker would be the best place.
I’ve avoided OTP 26 because of all the terminal issues. I was hoping they’d be fixed in that patch but it sounds like the wait continues.
peoj
Thanks. Have done so. I can reproduce on multiple machines on my end too so glad to know it’s not just me.
Posted here: Erlang 26 breaks command line on Windows · Issue #7621 · erlang/otp · GitHub