Hello. I'm trying to upload a blank sketch to my Esp8266 esp-01 using the Arduino IDE 2.0.4 and I get the following error:
`Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'
Current thread 0x00003578 (most recent call first):
exit status 3
Compilation error: exit status 3`
I would like to mention that I have tried to reinstall the IDE (deleting all the folders after uninstall) reinstall the boards esp8266 by esp8266 Community (a strange thing, after reintall, in the "Additional boards manager URLs" I still have the http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json address). Also I'm using a USB adapter dedicated for the esp-01 board (CH340-USB-To-ESP8266-ESP-01). And also I'm using Windows 7.
That error normally relates to an environment variable issue with the Python installation. I would expect the IDE install procedure to take care of all that but maybe it doesn't.
Someone like @ptillisch may be able to help.
Hi @georgepa. I'm going to ask you to post some additional information that might help us to identify the problem.
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Using board 'generic' from platform in folder: C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.1.2
Using core 'esp8266' from platform in folder: C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.1.2
"C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\esp8266\\tools\\python3\\3.7.2-post1/python3" -I "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\esp8266\\hardware\\esp8266\\3.1.2/tools/mkbuildoptglobals.py" "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\arduino-ide\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\build" 10607 "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\F35C67CE0D6248D2DD027D24058D7622" "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\arduino\\sketches\\F35C67CE0D6248D2DD027D24058D7622/core/build.opt" "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\.arduinoIDE-unsaved2023319-8764-fq9q4e.1liih\\sketch_apr19a/sketch_apr19a.ino.globals.h" "C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\esp8266\\hardware\\esp8266\\3.1.2\\cores\\esp8266/CommonHFile.h"
Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'
Current thread 0x0000034c (most recent call first):
exit status 3
Compilation error: exit status 3
I see from the output that you are using the latest version of the ESP8266 boards platform (3.1.2). I was interested in this information because I found a bug report about this error message:
That bug was claimed to be fixed by a change made to the platform:
I had a hypothesis that you might be using an outdated version of the platform that didn't include the fix (which was released in 3.0.2), but I see now that I was wrong because you are using a version that includes the fix.
I did find another bug report:
The reporter provided instructions for a workaround for the bug:
If looking for it with your file browser or command line, note that the AppData folder is hidden by default. On Windows "File Explorer", you can make it visible by opening the "View" menu, then checking the box next to "☐ Hidden items".
NOTE: These instructions will not solve the problem. They are only intended to gather more information which might provide a clue that eventually leads to a solution.
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