Re: debugging and gtk

[Jim Edwards <jimedwards altavista com>]

Havoc,

Well, I found that I could build Xnest without updating X so I gave it a try,
alas it wounīt work for me because I use GtkGlArea and I canīt get the GL
configuration I need on the Xnest.  But you pointed me in the right direction
- I just needed to run gdb on a display different than the one I run my
application on.   After that it took just a few minutes to find the problem.

Thanks
Jim



Jim Edwards wrote:

> Havoc Pennington wrote:
>
> > Jim Edwards <jimedwards altavista com> writes:
> > >
> > > When running under gdb I often find that when the run stops at a break
> > > point or because the program has crashed that my mouse focus is īstuckī
> > > in the last gtk window in use and that I canīt get back to the gdb
> > > interface in my xterm.
> > > I have to go login remotely and kill the process.
> > > Is there a way to unstick the focus or otherwise prevent this from
> > > happening.
> > >
> >
> > One useful trick is to debug inside an Xnest.
> >
> > Havoc
> >
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> Okay, this is a new one for me.   It looks like I need to update my Xfree86
> version to install it.  Then I would start the Xnest and run the debugger
> outside of it with the display set so that my application windows run under
> it?  Or do I run the debugger inside the Xnest in which case it seems like I
> still have the same problem but can kill the process without going to
> another machine?   I just want to understand just what Iīll gain  before I
> go through the pain of updating XFree86.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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