# Symptoms 

  VS code remote will loop the remote server install

## file locks from crash or previous connections

  "aquiring lock on /home/<user>/.vscode-server/bin/<guid>/vscode-remote-lock.<user>.<guid> Failed"

## work around
  
  ```bash
  rm /home/<user>/.vscode-server/bin/<guid>/vscode-remote-lock.<user>.<guid>
  rm /home/<user>/.vscode-server/bin/<guid>/vscode-remote-lock.<user>.<guid>.target
  ```
## retry connection