I have the console window open all the time.
The 'hanging' means:

- no of the Insight windows (Local vars, Watches, Main or Console) seem to
respond anymore. They are not redrawn when you click on them. WinNT functions
without any problems (except the ones you always have with Windows...)

- when I switch on/off the target system, an interrupt seems to come in to GDB
to which it reacts for a second (temporarily some keyboard input is handled) and
after which it goes back hanging again. There is no way of getting out of this
cycle.

- The mousepointer is a normal one, NO HOURGLASS.

- the target does NOT hang and the stub keeps functioning as it should.

I hope this will give you enough information.
Paul.
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Keith Seitz <kseitz@firetalk.com> on 11-07-2000 14:06:43

To:   Paul Heijman/ETC-NL/Omron Europe@Omron
cc:   insight@sourceware.cygnus.com

Subject:  Re: GUI hanging when watching globals..



Paul_Heijman@eu.omron.com wrote:
>
> I noticed, however, that when I use those watches, Insight keeps 'hanging'.
What
> it is doing I don't know, but I don't have to reset my target system (Motorola
> 68340) and when I restart Insight I can (re)connect and continue where I left.
>
> Has this problem been reported before?
> I'm using:
> GNU gdb 20000105
> configured as "--host=i586-pc-cygwin --target=m68k-coff"

This is the first I've heard of such a thing. If you leave the console
window open while you debug, does it output any messages when the gui
"hangs"? (Something like 'cannot reference memory at...' or anything
that might look like a variable-related error?)

Can you define "hang". Does it repaint windows or is it just incapable
of accepting user input (all the toolbar buttons disabled)?

Keith