Re: Debugging EPICS with gdb

[Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>]

I'm using the ddd front-end which allows you to have the
target's stdio connected to a separate terminal window.

- T.


On 12/08/2010 02:38 PM, Bruce Hill wrote:
> I'm trying to use gdb to debug an EPICS soft-ioc on linux (RHEL-5).
> Does anyone know how to redirect the iocsh stdin and stdout to
> another terminal?
>
> The gdb manual says to use "set inferior-tty /dev/pts/0", but when I
> try it I get the following warning on /dev/pts/0:
> warning: GDB: Failed to set controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
>
> I then see normal iocsh output up to the
> iocInit() call, but then I get an error on the gdb tty that says
> "Spurious thread death event" and typing commands on /dev/pts/0
> results in that command being sent to bash instead of the gdb iocsh.
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome.
> Thanks,
> - Bruce Hill