attaching pathdb

[Harald Pfeiffer]

-start_in_debugger pathdb  brings up gdb?! Ditto with noxterm.

Harald


Barry Smith wrote:
>
>   Then it should "just work", what happens when you run
> with -start_in_debugger noxterm,pathdb or
> -start_in_debugger pathdb? Please send all output from
> the error.
>
>    Thanks
>
>     Barry
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Harald Pfeiffer wrote:
>
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> the usage seems to be similar or even identical to gdb:
>>
>> Output of pathdb -help:
>>>  usage: pathdb [option...] [program [core|pid]]
>>
>> The man page is online under http://www.pathscale.com/docs/pathdb.html,
>> and there is also the full user guidem 
>> http://www.pathscale.com/docs/PathDB_UserGuide.pdf (look at page 29).
>>
>> Harald
>>
>>
>>
>> Barry Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>   Harald,
>>>
>>>    We need to know the command line arguments for pathdb to attach
>>> properly (each debugger is a little different, hence the hardwiring).
>>> Please send us the pathdb man page and all the output when you
>>> run it with -help and we'll make a tenative patch for you to try.
>>>
>>>    Barry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Harald Pfeiffer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to use the pathscale debugger, pathdb, when debugging 
>>>> petsc-codes. However, petsc seems to have hardcoded the list of 
>>>> debuggers:
>>>>
>>>> -on_error_attach_debugger [gdb,dbx,xxgdb,ups,noxterm]
>>>>      start the debugger in new xterm
>>>> -start_in_debugger [gdb,dbx,xxgdb,ups,noxterm]
>>>>      start all processes in the debugger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How do I go about doing this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Harald
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

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