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Spyder Does Not Restart Kernel

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Issue Report Checklist

  • [x ] Searched the issues page for similar reports
  • [x ] Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
  • [x ] Reproduced the issue after updating with conda update spyder (or pip, if not using Anaconda)
  • Could not reproduce inside jupyter qtconsole (if console-related)
  • [x ] Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error)
    • [x ] Restarted Spyder
    • [x ] Reset preferences with spyder --reset
    • [ x] 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

Normally I can restart a kernel doing the combination of ctrl + . This works fine for windows but does not do anything on linux ubuntu. Note that clicking manually under console restart kernel does work.

What steps reproduce the problem?

  1. Ctrl + .

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

Restarts kernel

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

NA

Versions

  • Spyder version: 5.2.2 None
  • Python version: 3.7.13 64-bit
  • Qt version: 5.12.1
  • PyQt5 version: 5.12
  • Operating System: Linux 5.15.0-46-generic

Dependencies

NA

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created a year ago
  • Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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kaleb-kenycommented, Aug 12, 2022

thank you, this worked

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ccordoba12commented, Aug 12, 2022

This is a comment of a previous user which describes what they did to fix the problem. Let us know if it works for you.

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