macOS is unable to start OpenOCD debugging (AEGHB-474)

[yin-qiyu]

Answers checklist.

• [X] I have read the documentation ESP-IDF Programming Guide and the issue is not addressed there.
• [X] I have updated my IDF branch (master or release) to the latest version and checked that the issue is present there.
• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for a similar issue and not found a similar issue.

General issue report

openocd has been installed correctly

% openocd --version
Open On-Chip Debugger v0.12.0-esp32-20230921 (2023-09-21-13:27) Licensed under GNU GPL v2 For bug reports, read http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html

% openocd -f board/esp32c3-builtin.cfg Open On-Chip Debugger v0.12.0-esp32-20230921 (2023-09-21-13:27) Licensed under GNU GPL v2 For bug reports, read http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html Info : only one transport option; autoselecting 'jtag' Info : esp_usb_jtag: VID set to 0x303a and PID to 0x1001 Info : esp_usb_jtag: capabilities descriptor set to 0x2000 Info : Listening on port 6666 for tcl connections Info : Listening on port 4444 for telnet connections Error: esp_usb_jtag: could not find or open device!

[OpenOCD] ❌ Error: unable to open ftdi device with description '', serial '' at bus location '*'

[lijunru-hub]

If you are using esp-usb-bridge for JTAG, please refer to https://github.com/espressif/esp-usb-bridge#jtag-bridge.

[lijunru-hub]

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