Launching Windows 10 Enterprise, Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise. Trying to connect to a Mac running El Capitan and the latest version of xCode. The Mac is called BigMac. I can log in using SSH.
I followed all the steps in the Xamarin troubleshooting guide. I also followed all the steps in the accepted answer to this question.
I can't connect to Mac with Xamarin Mac Agent from Visual Studio 2015
Unfortunately, this does not help. See Report and Journal below.
My gratitude is my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who can help me.
Thanks, John.
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Here is the log:
Xamarin Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.2229] Xamarin - 4.1.1.3-c7sr0+34a92cd Xamarin.VisualStudio.Activation.AccountManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.4416] VS2015 Enterprise Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.5041] No license found for iOS Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.5041] Running license sync for iOS Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.5197] No license found for Android Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:35.5353] Running license sync for Android Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:38.1445] Updated license: iOS VSEnterprise Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:38.1445] Updated license: Android VSEnterprise Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:42.5352] Hooked up SDB tracing adapter Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:42.5977] Initialization finished Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.XamarinIOSPackage Warning: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:42.6133] Initializing Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.XamarinIOSPackage. Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.XamarinIOSPackage Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:42.6289] MDAddinsHash: 33f406fa2dcf214012c78cb846585f062b2e1d24 Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Bonjour.BonjourDiscovery Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:05:50.0332] Bonjour service 'BigMac' did not respond with its IP address. Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Messaging.State.ServerStateContext Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:05.1131] MacServer State transition from DisconnectedState to SshConnectingState on BigMac.local (10.64.0.141) Xamarin.Messaging.VisualStudio.MessagingService Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:16.1937] Starting Broker 4.1.1.3 in port 55030... Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Messaging.State.ServerStateContext Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:27.6814] MacServer State transition from SshConnectingState to DisconnectedState on BigMac.local (10.64.0.141) Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Messaging.State.ServerStateContext Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:27.6914] Disconnected from Mac BigMac.local (10.64.0.141) Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Messaging.State.DisconnectedState Error: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:27.7234] Couldn't connect to BigMac.local. Please try again. Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.Messaging.State.DisconnectedState Error: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:27.7404] The operation has timed out. System.TimeoutException: The operation has timed out. at Xamarin.Messaging.Client.Ssh.BrokerCommands.<StartBrokerAsync>d__9.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at Xamarin.Messaging.VisualStudio.MessagingService.<StartBrokerAsync>d__110.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task) at Xamarin.Messaging.VisualStudio.MessagingService.<ConnectAsync>d__73.MoveNext() Xamarin.Messaging.MacLogFileMessage Information: 0 : [2016-07-12 11:06:27.8474] Downloading /Users/johntam/Library/Logs/Xamarin-4.1/2016-07-12__11-05-42.1760.Broker.stderr.log...
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