Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS - Something went wrong error on activating neon dreams

[shunmusiva]

I tried to activate neon glow by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+P and choosing to enable neon glow. But getting the 'Something went wrong error'. Didn't able to trace the issue.

[Alexus97]

Tengo el mismo problema, ya lo realice y no toma el administrador.

[MohaDev-69]

i found a solution after some search.

in a few steps:
open your vscode
open terminal
type whereis code
code the path (it'll most-likely be /usr/share/code)
type sudo chown -R YOUR_USERNAME /usr/share/code
go back to vscode , enable the neon dreams
it'll ask for a reload , reload it , congrats you just activated it!
then give the ownership of vscode back to the system sudo chown -R root /usr/share/code

proof:

source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1192685/how-to-enable-the-glow-on-synthwave-84-vscode-theme-on-ubuntu-18-04 (i know it's old but it's working 😅)

[shunmusiva]

i found a solution after some search.

in a few steps: open your vscode open terminal type whereis code code the path (it'll most-likely be /usr/share/code) type sudo chown -R YOUR_USERNAME /usr/share/code go back to vscode , enable the neon dreams it'll ask for a reload , reload it , congrats you just activated it! then give the ownership of vscode back to the system sudo chown -R root /usr/share/code

proof:

source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1192685/how-to-enable-the-glow-on-synthwave-84-vscode-theme-on-ubuntu-18-04 (i know it's old but it's working sweat_smile)

I have installed my vscode from snap store so the location of code seems to be under snap/bin/. But I have tried the above method anyway still getting the same 'Something went wrong error' showing on bottom right of VS code.
Anyway thanks for the reply 🙌🏼

[g-gibosky]

i found a solution after some search.
in a few steps: open your vscode open terminal type whereis code code the path (it'll most-likely be /usr/share/code) type sudo chown -R YOUR_USERNAME /usr/share/code go back to vscode , enable the neon dreams it'll ask for a reload , reload it , congrats you just activated it! then give the ownership of vscode back to the system sudo chown -R root /usr/share/code
proof:
source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1192685/how-to-enable-the-glow-on-synthwave-84-vscode-theme-on-ubuntu-18-04 (i know it's old but it's working sweat_smile)

I have installed my vscode from snap store so the location of code seems to be under snap/bin/. But I have tried the above method anyway still getting the same 'Something went wrong error' showing on bottom right of VS code. Anyway thanks for the reply 🙌🏼

Have the same problem. Installed with snap and don't work. Will try to uninstall and install by command line

[DVedelago]

I did this on Arch a while back and it worked; now, on LMDE6 i can't get it to work, i don't know why, i chown-ed both /usr/share/code and /usr/bin/code, but i still get the 'Neon Dreams was unable to modify the core VS code files needed to launch the extension. You may need to run VS code with admin privileges in order to enable Neon Dreams.' error and the glow doesn't work.

Any other solution?