debugger

gdb fails with error 193 when debugging MinGW-compiled code

This is shown when I try to debug my code with Eclipse: I then tried creating a simple Hello World program manually with Notepad++ and the command-line gcc. When I launched the gdb debugger this happened: (gdb) run Starting program: C:\Documents and Settings\Pieter\Bureaublad/test.exe Error creating process C:\Documents...

Visual Studio C++ Debugger, get value from address

hello, if you just know the address of a variable and the type of it, is it possible to see it's value in the visual studio debugger? furthermore, would it be possible to use this address in a conditional or data breakpoint? i already tried plain casting like this: (bool)(*0x05dc05d1) which is obviously stupid. ;) thanks ...

Java Eclipse debugger getting results of method calls

I have a relatively complex object which among other things has a ConcurrentHashMap inside it. Within the debugger i'd like to see the results of calling the .size() method but I dont actually want this in my code nor do I want to put it in. . Above you can see what I have avail but id love to be able to somehow call/see the results ...

Designing a tool for PHP debugging

EDIT: Like I said, Xdebug type responses are not really that helpful here. I've added some more info below: I am planning on writing a small PHP debugging solution and would like to poll Stack Overflow for some ideas before I get started. The goal is to simplify debugging a PHP based web app. The tool should be able to plug into an ex...

How can I get Perl's debugger and gVim to work together on Linux?

Is there a way to get Perl's debugger and gVim to work together on Linux? I.e. step through code in gVim and see the values of watched variables controlling the debugger from within gVim? ...

javascript debugger for desktop

Hello, I am writing in javascript for windows (and also in wsf using javascript and vbscript) a desktop script not for internet and not using any explorer. I need tool for debugging (free one). Does someone can recommend on one ? Thanks ...

VS2008 debugger intermittently fail to start

Hi! I use Windows 7 64-bit with 4 GB RAM to run a Windows Virtual PC Guest with Windows 2008 Server, Visual Studio 2008 SP1/Resharper 4.5 and SQL Server 2008. The guest has 2 GB RAM allocated. I have a web project using MS Commerce Server 2009 that runs in IIS which intermittently fails to start in the debugger. Some days I can run Vis...

What tool is my best bet for threaded Haskell debugging today?

Erlang's got its multi-process debugger that let's you see all your processes. Anything similar in Haskell? ...

How can keep the debugger from breaking on NotImplementedException exception?

I've tried this, but it doesn't seem to work: Application.SetUnhandledExceptionMode(UnhandledExceptionMode.CatchException); Application.ThreadException += new System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventHandler(Application_ThreadException); AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler...

Calling SetWindowsHookEx inside VS2008 debugger always returns NULL

we're working on a .Net application that does a low level keyboard hook. When we call the SetWindowsHookEx running inside the debugger the call always fail. When running from the compiled executable everything works fine. If we attach to the processs the the SetWindowsHookEx has been called everything works too. I've read somewhere (I ...

How to get a reference to node in DOM tree in Google Chrome debugger console

In the Google Chrome debugger, I often want to get a reference to a node in the DOM tree. I can click the "magnifying glass" button and then click the desired element in the browser window to select the corresponding node in the DOM tree displayed in the debugger. But how can I get a reference to that node in the console? If the eleme...

How to disable stack trace generation in a java program?

I want to disable the stack trace getting generated when an exception is thrown. I have used, Runtime.getRuntime().traceInstructions(false); Runtime.getRuntime().traceMethodCalls(false); but still i could see the trace getting generated. How can you do that? Also i need to detect whether some one is debugging my class. I want to di...

Debugging python programs in emacs

How to debug python programs in emacs? I use python-mode.el I get reference like import pdb; pdb.set_trace(); but not sure how to use it. ...

Is there a trick to see NSString values in an NSMutableArray in Xcode debugger?

When I debug, I never get the value of an NSString inside of an array. All I see are cryptic symbols, probably memory addresses of something like 0x1dc3753. I dig into all the stuff and expand everything, but no humanly readable value at all. Not really useful at all. How do you go about this (besides NSLogging everything)? ...

Copy value of watch variable in visual studio without escape characters

Ok, this one has been driving me bonkers for ages and VS 2010 hasn't improved this. Say I have a variable like so string szSql = @"SELECT Foo, Bar FROM Table WHERE Foo = Bar"; If I'm inspecting this in the debugger and choose "Copy Value" the value put into the clipboard has \r\n's in place of the carriage returns whi...

Visual Studio insert tabs/newlines in breakpoint print message (tracepoint)?

Anyone know how to place a tab or newline into the print message of a breakpoint and have it show up correctly? Thus far I've tried '\t' and '\t' which give the same thing in the debug output. I've also tried just putting in 4 spaces, but they get removed after I click OK in the 'When Breakpoint is Hit' dialog. I'm using VS.NET 2008 wi...

Locked source code files in Visual Studio 2008 after crashed debug session

I use Windows 7 64-bit with 4 GB RAM to run a Windows Virtual PC Guest with Windows 2008 Server, Visual Studio 2008 SP1/Resharper 4.5 and SQL Server 2008. The guest has 2 GB RAM allocated. For source control we use Team System 2005. Sometimes when a debug session with the MVC Web project crashes, the source code files I have opened I VS...

How to tell if you are running in the debugger in VS?

Hi, Is there a way to tell in the code if you are running in the debugger in VS2008? I need to set up a couple things for us developers differently than when the user is running the click one deployed app? I see that there are things you can do to tell if you are in Designer mode but that is not the same. thanks! Bill ...

Unable to start debugging on the web server. The COM+ registry database detected a system error

I'm trying to debug an ASP.NET webapp that's configured to "Use Local IIS Web Server" on WinXP. When I start the debugger, the compile succeeds, and then the following error is displayed in a dialog: Unable to start debugging on the web server. The COM+ registry database detected a system error The webapp never launches in my ...

Xcode breakpoints shifted at runtime

I have been searching for an hour or so here and on Google and cant find the answer as to how correct breakpoints being shifted during run. I have reinstalled Xcode(3.2.2), insured load lazily is off, no optimization in target settings, and every other target setting that might cause the problem. I have also destroyed all of the user pro...