how to debug Xserver Module?
余涛
tyu_zju at 163.com
Fri Dec 1 03:50:35 PST 2006
Hi everyone:
Thanks, i can debug modules in Xorg 6.9
>> hi everyone:
>>
>> Recently, i'm debugging Xserver with two PCs, the system of target pc is FedoraCore4
>> with Xorg 6.8.2 installed, and now i knew how to debug Xserver, but i didn't know how to
>> debug the modules loaded by startx.
>> I have read ./Xserver/hw/xfree86/DebuggingHints and didn't find the patches to gdb to
>> add support for loadable modules, for the web site i can't link :
>> www.dawa.demon.co.uk/xfree-gdb
>
>Use dlloader modules (default in 6.9 and later, available as an Imake option
>in older builds) instead of the old custom-format elfloader modules and all
>the normal debugging tools just work, without needing special customized
>versions like the xfree-gdb you're looking for.
>
>--
> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
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