# VS Code crashes and Ubuntu freezes when starting Julia Language Server

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-crashes-and-ubuntu-freezes-when-starting-julia-language-server/88541>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [October 10, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-crashes-and-ubuntu-freezes-when-starting-julia-language-server/88541 "2022-10-10T22:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![lbonaldo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lbonaldo/32/23698_2.png) [@lbonaldo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lbonaldo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vs-code-crashes-and-ubuntu-freezes-when-starting-julia-language-server/88541/1 "2022-10-10T22:57:39Z")

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Hi all!

I have been using Julia and Julia VS Code extension for years without issues. However, recently, whenever I run VS Code on my Ubuntu machine (18.04), the extension tries to start the Julia Language Server and download the symbols without success: my RAM and Swap are filled, making the OS freeze. After some seconds, either the connection is closed, and the server is restarted (with the same result), or VS Code crashes:

 ![Screenshot from 2022-10-10 17-58-07](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/2/0/2096b96d89e4fa7516660c5beff1dbaf8bca0f38.png)

I currently have 16GB of memory:

 ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/d/8d06e0c76361ea0d849f18dcadedc57e3c70947c.png)

I know some users already have had this problem, but I couldn’t find a solution. I tried cleaning the caches and reinstalling Julia and VS Code but without success.  
Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?

Thank you in advance!