Forum Post: CCS and Luminary Micro ICDI: first time "error connecting to the target", second time works

Hi,

I use:
- CCSv5.5 under Linux Ubuntu 13.10 x64
- Luminary Micro "BD-ICDI-B" JTAG Programmer
- Tiva TM4C123GH6PGE microcontroller as target (connected over JTAG)

All works fine, but there is one Problem. Every time I click on the "debug" symbol in CCS, there is a delay of a few seconds and then an error appears: "Error connecting to the target". On this message box there is a button "Retry". If I click on this button, the microcontroller gets flashed with the program and I can start debugging. Then all features work fine, I can make pause, watch registers, use breakpoints and so on. But next time I start the debugger, the same error occurs and I have to click on the "Retry" button.

The delay (I think it's a timeout of a few seconds) and the error box really sucks after a few houres of working...

Does anyone have an idea what the problem is and how I can fix it?

Thanks very much!