Pico 2 w Thonny can't view or copy files to pico

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Hi

I have tried the latest micropython with pimoroni libs (rpi_pico2_w-v0.1.0-micropython.uf2)

but I can’t copy files to the pico or view what files are resident upon the remote pico filesystem.

The error is shown below

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/hoylet/apps/thonny/lib/python3.10/site-packages/thonny/workbench.py”, line 1794, in event_generate
handler(event)
File “/home/hoylet/apps/thonny/lib/python3.10/site-packages/thonny/base_file_browser.py”, line 1198, in update_dir_data
self.render_children_from_cache(msg[“node_id”])
File “/home/hoylet/apps/thonny/lib/python3.10/site-packages/thonny/base_file_browser.py”, line 457, in render_children_from_cache
raise RuntimeError(“None data for %s” % path)
RuntimeError: None data for /

2

In Thonny go to the View menu, and see if Files has a check mark by it. If it doesn’t, click so it does. This will show any files that were copied to it. Examples etc, it won’t show that Micro Python files that are part of the standard uf2 file. Those files are all hidden from view.

3

Thanks
That’s not the issue when I use the standard micro python without the pimoroni libs I can copy and view files.

4

I just flashed the uf2 you mentioned to my Pico 2W and I can see my main.py file. Just for clarity, when you say “view files” what files and what file location are you referring to?

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5

Hi the files on the Pico IE bottom left window

6

I have just tried using rshell and I get the errors below which suggest that it might possibly be an issue with my DNS ??

$ rshell -p /dev/ttyACM0
Using buffer-size of 32
Connecting to /dev/ttyACM0 (buffer-size 32)…
Trying to connect to REPL connected
Retrieving sysname … rp2
Testing if ubinascii.unhexlify exists … Y
Retrieving root directories … Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rshell/main.py”, line 1381, in connect
ip_address = socket.gethostbyname(port)

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Ok, I missed the “remote system” in your first post. Now I’m on the same page. I use Putty to connect to my Pi’s over my LAN. I don’t think I have ever used it to connect to a Pico though? It’s on my list of things to do, but not at the top of the list. And I haven’t ever done anything remote from the WWW LAN side.

There are some network savy people here on the forum. Hopefully one of them chimes in.