> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Whiting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 9:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: speaking of progs :) > > > Well, unfortunately GDB is no help at all. Can't figure out how to get > it to run the mud, without freezing it, etc. Even if it did > run the mud, > it wouldn't likely be any help in analyzing what's not being > done (or is > being done wrong). A man file would help, but if it's as confusing as > the refcards, it probably wouldn't help at all. > Thanks to all who tried. I guess this is just another one of > those I'll > have to figure out over time. > > ------------------------------------------- > TJW: Head tech, Dreamless Realms Mud > Personal: http://twhiting.kyndig.com > Mud: http://drealms.kyndig.com > Snippets http://drealms.kyndig.com/snippets > Telnet telnet://drealms.kyndig.com:9275 > The OLC2 Pages http://olc.kyndig.com > ------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin > Groothuis > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 7:28 PM > To: Tom Whiting > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: speaking of progs :) > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 07:23:08PM -0600, Tom Whiting wrote: > > It's not causing any kind of a dump at all, it's just not > > understanding the trigger. The mud's fine, it doesn't crash, the > > trigger just doesn't get recognized. > > That's why you have to run it in GDB, and put breakpoints at the right > locations. GDB is not only for things which crash, it's also for > realtime stepping through to the code and inspection of variables and > memory-space. > > See http://www.refcards.com for a GDB-reference sheet. > > Edwin
I remember years ago, when I first started using ROM code, I wasn't at all experienced with GDB. Fortunately, I decided to read the entire HTML FAQ at the ROM site. Surprise, it has a directions on using GDB to debug your MUD. With some applied common sense, you can use it to debug just about anything. Before writing this, I decided I would check to see if it was still there, because while I don't believe I'm being extremely harsh right now I know I'm not being my normal patient with others self, and I find it still to be there. http://www.hypercube.org/tess/rom/faq/index.html Section 5 - Troubleshooting crashes. If that doesn't help you, there isn't anything one of us can do for you. Good luck, Jason
