This is the mail archive of the
gdb@sources.redhat.com
mailing list for the GDB project.
Re: [Fwd: Insight freezes when trying to debug Mozilla]
Perfect!
Thank you very much!
Fernando Nasser wrote:
> Brian,
>
> This is what Mark is talking about. Can you please try this
> patch and let us know if it worked?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fernando
>
> Index: gdbtk/generic/gdbtk.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/gdbtk/generic/gdbtk.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.6
> diff -c -p -r1.6 gdbtk.c
> *** gdbtk.c 2000/07/02 20:07:07 1.6
> --- gdbtk.c 2000/10/05 15:32:31
> *************** target_is_native (t)
> *** 329,335 ****
>
> if (STREQ (name, "exec") || STREQ (name, "hpux-threads")
> || STREQ (name, "child") || STREQ (name, "procfs")
> ! || STREQ (name, "solaris-threads") || STREQ (name, "linuxthreads"))
> return 1;
>
> return 0;
> --- 329,336 ----
>
> if (STREQ (name, "exec") || STREQ (name, "hpux-threads")
> || STREQ (name, "child") || STREQ (name, "procfs")
> ! || STREQ (name, "solaris-threads") || STREQ (name, "linuxthreads")
> ! || STREQ (name, "multi-thread"))
> return 1;
>
> return 0;
>
> Mark Kettenis wrote:
> >
> > Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 20:07:01 -0700
> > From: bstell@netscape.com (Brian Stell)
> >
> > I'm trying to debug Mozilla using Insight.
> >
> > When I run mozilla with the debug option the insight debugger comes
> > up and lets me start mozilla. I click the run button and it starts
> > and then does a break at main. When I press continue mozilla comes
> > up but insight never responds again (not screen refresh or button
> > response.
> >
> > It seems that gdb is sleeping in sigsuspend.
> >
> > It appears that gdbtk-hooks.c:693 the code
> > turns on a timer
> > waits for the timer or a child thread to signal
> > turn off the time
> >
> > >From looking at the code it seems that this timer isn't actually set. I
> > changed the name of the new threads target, which means that it isn't
> > recognized by gdbtk.c:target_is_native() anymore, and Insight thinks
> > that it doesn't need the timer. Try adding "multi-thread" to the list
> > of native targets in gdbtk.c:target_is_native(). I'm pretty sure
> > that'll work.
> >
> > Mark
>
> --
> Fernando Nasser
> Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@cygnus.com
> 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300 Tel: 416-482-2661 ext. 311
> Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9 Fax: 416-482-6299