Re: Ques. about remote debugging using gdb

[David McCarthy]

Thanks for your response Andreas.

Actually, I have tried these options.  I tried using --rhost HOST_NAME but it does not help.  I do not get an interactive remote shell with --rhost.  DDD just hangs.  I tried putting some extra traces into gdbinit.C so that I can see what is going on.  And in the function InvokeGDBFromShellHP( ), when the shell output is sent in, it reads that as a shell prompt ( which is correct ), and it assumes that gdb should be started, so I never get the chance to telnet to another machine before the gdb starts. 

 Is there a way to tell ddd that it should spawn a remote shell, and not start gdb right away.  And let me enter a few commands before entering gdb...  This would help me a lot since once I get a remote shell on the rhost machine, I can do the telnet etc. and then invoke gdb and so on...  Any suggestions.

Thanks for your help.

>From: Andreas Zeller

>To: "David McCarthy"

>CC: address@hidden

>Subject: Re: Ques. about remote debugging using gdb

>Date: 02 Jul 2001 16:22:08 +0200

>

>Hi!

>

>"David McCarthy" writes:

>

> > I am trying to debug a program on my client's site. So, in order to get the

> > gdb shell fired up on the client machine, I have to invoke a shell command to

> > telnet to machine A, and then telnet to another machine B from machine

> > A. Then, I can start gdb on machine B and debug.

> >

> > From what I understand about ddd, it should not care so much as to how many

> > machines I have to telnet thru as long as it gets the gdb prompt and it takes

> > over from there.

> >

> > So, is there a way to tell ddd to invoke a remote shell, and hand over the

> > control to me i.e. let me login to machine B before trying to launch gdb in

> > that shell.

> >

> > Any suggestions/pointers are greatly appreciated...

>

>The DDD manual? Look for `--host' and `--rhost' options.

>

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>Andreas Zeller Universitaet des Saarlandes

> http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/st/staff/zeller/

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