Re: GDB Console Q

[Braxton Thomason <brax@ieeecs.ece.utexas.edu>]

Thanks guys!  The command "tk gdb_restore_fputs" did correct the problem,
however, I cannot seem to reproduce the error with the debug window
open... I will continue running the deubg window, and see what happens...

thanks,
brax.


On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, James Ingham wrote:

> Bad boy, read ALL mail before responding...
> 
> Anyway, Keith's explanation may be the ticket.  The way to test this
> is to try running my little sanity proc, just do:
> 
> (gdb) tk gdb_restore_fputs
> 
> and if you get output again, then Keith is right, there was some error 
> down in the guts of gdb.  The "tk" command just routes its arguments
> to the Tcl interpreter hiding in Insight...
> 
> I have noticed a few of these in the variable subsystem, I stamped out
> a few, but would not be suprised if more remain.  One thing you can
> try is to set the environment variable
> 
> setenv GDBTK_DEBUG 2
> 
> Then when you next start up gdb, you will get a debug window that
> spews out lots of output as gdb does its thing.  In here you may see
> some suspicious output shortly before you lose output.  Cut & paste
> that here, and it will give us a hand in figuring out what is going
> on.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>  > Braxton,
>  > 
>  > The GDB Console in Insight is not a exactly equivalent to the console
>  > in command line gdb.  In particular, it does not intercept stdout &
>  > stdin.  That is because we didn't want to have to write a full
>  > terminal emulator in the Tk text widget.  Instead, program I/O still
>  > goes to the console from which you launched gdb, which already knows
>  > how to handle raw mode I/O, etc...  The Insight console is just used
>  > for interactions with gdb.
>  > 
>  > Jim
>  > 
>  >  > Has anyone had problems with the GDB console in Insight not displaying
>  >  > anything after pressing the "Run" button in the GUI?  I am runing on AIX
>  >  > 4.3.2..
>  >  > 
>  >  > Wondering if I should follow it up, or forget it...
>  >  > 
>  >  > thanks,
>  >  > brax.
>  >  > 
>  >  > 
>  >  > 
>  > 
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>  > Jim Ingham                                              jingham@cygnus.com
>  > Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat Company                      
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> Jim Ingham                                              jingham@cygnus.com
> Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat Company                      
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