Re: [Fwd: Insight freezes when trying to debug Mozilla]

[bstell at netscape dot com (Brian Stell)]

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
>
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> Fernando Nasser
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