Connecting to kernel not going away

Issue Report Checklist

• Searched the issues page for similar reports
• Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
• Reproduced the issue after updating with conda update spyder (or pip, if not using Anaconda)
• Could not reproduce inside jupyter qtconsole (if console-related)
• Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error)
  • Restarted Spyder
  • Reset preferences with spyder --reset
  • Reinstalled the latest version of Anaconda
  • Tried the other applicable steps from the Troubleshooting Guide
• Completed the Problem Description, Steps to Reproduce and Version sections below

Problem Description

IPython terminal keeps saying “Connecting to kernel”, so I can’t use the terminal. I have tried to look at other solutions people have come up with, but nothing has worked.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Download Anaconda
2. Open Anaconda Prompt and enter conda update --all
3. Open Spyder 4

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect to use the terminal, but I keep seeing “Connecting to kernel”

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

Unsure how to get the traceback

Versions

• Spyder version: 4.0.0
• Python version: 3.7.5
• Qt version: 5.7.9
• PyQt version: 5.9.2
• Operating System name/version: Windows 10

Dependencies

cloudpickle >=0.5.0          :  1.2.2 (OK)
pygments >=2.0               :  2.5.2 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.6.0            :  4.6.0 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0              :  5.5.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6               :  2.3.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25                :  2.3.1 (OK)
psutil >=0.3                 :  5.6.7 (OK)
qtawesome >=0.5.7            :  0.6.0 (OK)
qtpy >=1.5.0                 :  1.9.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4            :  0.7.5 (OK)
zmq >=17                     :  18.0.2 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0              :  3.0.4 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0             :  0.9.1 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=1.8.1;<2.0.0:  1.8.1 (OK)
qdarkstyle >=2.7             :  2.7 (OK)
atomicwrites >=1.2.0         :  1.3.0 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111  :  20181111 (OK)
intervaltree                 :  None (OK)
watchdog                     :  None (OK)
keyring                      :  None (OK)
pexpect >=4.4.0              :  4.7.0 (OK)
pympler                      :  None (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                :  1.4 (OK)
cython >=0.21                :  None (NOK)
IPython >=4.0                :  7.6.1 (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0           :  None (NOK)
pandas >=0.13.1              :  None (NOK)
numpy >=1.7                  :  None (NOK)
scipy >=0.17.0               :  None (NOK)
pyls >=0.31.2;<0.32.0        :  0.31.2 (OK)
rtree >=0.8.3                :  0.8.3 (OK)

[juliareis]

Thank you! What worked was I ran conda update conda from Mac’s terminal, and then spyder --reset.

[ccordoba12]

Removing the directory worked

Ok, great to know! At last!