Re: using DDD with dbx

[Con Hennessy]

Hi Tim,
        I also have a very large binary, but I do get the dbx prompt quite 
quickly. 
Also when I used --trace I saw nothing unusual.

Con

Tim Combs wrote:
> 
> I have used 3.3.1 and have noticed the same thing using GDB.  When I turned
> on tracing, I noticed it was doing "info sources" many times.  Eventually
> it stops and you can use DDD but it takes a long time, but then I was using
> a rather large binary with plenty of files.  If you start up ddd with
> the --trace option, you can see what is happening.
> 
> Tim
> address@hidden
> 
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:55:00PM +0100, Con Hennessy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >       I am trying to use dbx with ddd on solaris and there seems to be no 
> > connection between
> > ddd and dbx.
> >
> > The version of ddd is 3.3.1 and has been compiled with gcc 2.95.2 and 
> > motif, and
> > dbx version is "Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Dbx Debugger 6.1 2000/09/12"
> >
> > When I start ddd with the --dbx option and pass an executable name ( which 
> > dbx
> > is able to handle when I call dbx directly ), dbx is started but
> > 1) no source code is displayed in the code window
> > 2) there is a flashing "tick" mark on the lower right hand side
> > 3) the dbx prompt is available
> > 4) I can use the dbx prompt to do what I want
> > 5) if I try to use any of the available graphic commands ( i.e. the menus )
> >       I get the message "Up:waiting until DBX gets ready"
> >
> > Help.
> >
> > Thanks
> > CP Hennessy
> >
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