“The terminal process terminated with exit code: 139” appears when first invoking `pwsh`.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

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Summary

When I first create a PowerShell file, the terminal automatically invokes pwsh. This causes an error dialogue to appear:

It contains the undermentioned, verbatim:

The terminal process "/home/RokeJulianLockhart/.dotnet/tools/pwsh '-NoProfile', '-EncodedCommand', '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'" terminated with exit code: 139.

PowerShell Version

1. 1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
      #Requires -PSEdition Core
      #Requires -Version 7.4.6
      $PSVersionTable | Format-Table -AutoSize

   2. Name                      Value
      ----                      -----
      PSVersion                 7.4.6
      PSEdition                 Core
      GitCommitId               7.4.6
      OS                        Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)
      Platform                  Unix
      PSCompatibleVersions      {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
      PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
      SerializationVersion      1.1.0.1
      WSManStackVersion         3.0

2. 1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
      #Requires -PSEdition Core
      #Requires -Version 7.4.6
      $Host | Format-List

   2. Name             : ConsoleHost
      Version          : 7.4.6
      InstanceId       : c4cdccc4-5447-4afe-b019-d9af0d234f75
      UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
      CurrentCulture   : en-GB
      CurrentUICulture : en-GB
      PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
      DebuggerEnabled  : True
      IsRunspacePushed : False
      Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

Visual Studio Code Version

1. 1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
      code --version

   2. 1.97.2
      e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447
      x64
      

2. 1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
      rpm -qa code

   2. code-1.97.2-1739406869.el8.x86_64
      

3. 1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
      dnf --refresh info code-1.97.2-1739406869.el8.x86_64

   2. Updating and loading repositories:
       Copr repo for spotify-qt owned by kraxarn                                                                                        100% |  10.8 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free tainted                                                                                          100% |  18.1 KiB/s |   8.2 KiB |  00m00s
       Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                                                     100% |  47.4 KiB/s |  23.3 KiB |  00m00s
       Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                                                                         100% |   2.8 KiB/s | 989.0   B |  00m00s
       google-chrome-canary                                                                                                             100% |  13.5 KiB/s |   1.3 KiB |  00m00s
       warpdotdev                                                                                                                       100% |  10.1 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
       Fedora 41 - x86_64                                                                                                               100% |  57.2 KiB/s |  26.8 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree - Updates                                                                                     100% |  61.8 KiB/s |   9.4 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree tainted                                                                                       100% |  24.2 KiB/s |   8.8 KiB |  00m00s
       ProtonVPN Fedora Beta repository                                                                                                 100% |  20.9 KiB/s |   3.7 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free - Updates                                                                                        100% |  60.6 KiB/s |   8.8 KiB |  00m00s
       Copr repo for Koi owned by birkch                                                                                                100% |   5.4 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free                                                                                                  100% |  23.5 KiB/s |   8.9 KiB |  00m00s
       RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree                                                                                               100% |  24.0 KiB/s |   9.5 KiB |  00m00s
       Visual Studio Code                                                                                                               100% |  20.1 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
      Repositories loaded.
      Installed packages
      Name            : code
      Epoch           : 0
      Version         : 1.97.2
      Release         : 1739406869.el8
      Architecture    : x86_64
      Installed size  : 416.2 MiB
      Source          : code-1.97.2-1739406869.el8.src.rpm
      From repository : @stored_transaction
      URL             : https://code.visualstudio.com/

Extension Version

1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
   code --list-extensions --show-versions | Select-String powershell

2. ms-vscode.powershell@2025.1.0

Steps to Reproduce

#!/usr/bin/env sh
code TextFile.PS1

Visuals

Logs

They're not where they should be:

1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
   #Requires -PSEdition Core
   #Requires -Version 7.4.6
   Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath "$HOME/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode.powershell/" | Format-Table -AutoSize

2.     Directory: /home/RokeJulianLockhart/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode.powershell
   
   UnixMode                 User Group                 LastWriteTime Size Name
   --------                 ---- -----                 ------------- ---- ----
   drwxr-xr-x RokeJulianLockhart RokeJulianLockhart 13/02/2025 17:54 1588 sessions

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#5144 (comment)

Updating to 7.5.0 via dotnet tool update -g --all appears to have remediated this.