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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>2011-04-07 17:27:47 +0200
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>2011-04-07 17:28:24 +0200
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The remote mode allows you to debug processes that run on remote machines.
- \bold{GDB:} In remote mode, the local gdb process talks to a gdbserver process
- running on the remote machine that controls the process to be debugged.
+ \section3 Using GDB
- The gdbserver process is started on the remote machines by passing a port number
- and the executable:
+ In remote mode, the local GDB process talks to a GDB server
+ process running on the remote machine that controls the process to be
+ debugged.
+
+ The GDB server process is started on the remote machines by passing a port
+ number and the executable:
\code
gdbserver :1234 <executable>
@@ -7235,15 +7238,27 @@
Listening on port 1234
\endcode
- On the local machine running Qt Creator, select
- \gui {Debug > Start Debugging > Start and Attach to Remote Application...}.
- This will show a dialog, in which you can enter the host name of the remote machine
- and the port number chosen. After clicking \gui{OK}, debugging will start.
+ On the local machine that runs Qt Creator:
+
+ \list 1
+
+ \o Select \gui {Debug > Start Debugging > Start and Attach to Remote
+ Application...}.
+
+ \o In the \gui {Host and port} field, enter the name of the remote
+ machine and the port number to use.
- \bold{CDB:} In remote mode, the local cdb process talks to a cdb process
- running on the remote machine which is started passing special command line options that
- switch it into server mode. The remote cdb process needs to load the
- Qt Creator CDB extension library that is shipped with along with Qt Creator:
+ \o Select \gui{OK} to start debugging.
+
+ \endlist
+
+ \section3 Using CDB
+
+ In remote mode, the local CDB process talks to a CDB process that
+ runs on the remote machine. The process is started with special
+ command line options that switch it into server mode. The remote CDB
+ process must load the Qt Creator CDB extension library that is shipped with
+ Qt Creator:
\list 1
@@ -7252,7 +7267,8 @@
\o Copy the Qt Creator CDB extension library from the Qt installation
directory to the a new folder on the remote machine
- (32 or 64 bit version depending on the version \e{Debugging Tools for Windows}
+ (32 or 64 bit version depending on the version of the Debugging
+ Tools for Windows
used):
\list
@@ -7266,7 +7282,7 @@
\o Set the _NT_DEBUGGER_EXTENSION_PATH environment variable to point
to that folder.
- \o To use TCP/IP as communication protocol, launch the remote CDB as
+ \o To use TCP/IP as communication protocol, launch remote CDB as
follows:
\code
@@ -7275,14 +7291,17 @@
\o On the local machine running Qt Creator, select
\gui {Debug > Start Debugging > Attach to Remote CDB Session...}
- This will show a dialog in which you can enter the connection parameters
- for example for TCP/IP:
+
+
+ \o In the \gui Connection field enter the connection parameters.
+ For example, for TCP/IP:
\code
Server:Port
\endcode
- In case you chose a different protocol, specify one of the alternative forms:
+ If you chose some other protocol, specify one of the alternative
+ formats:
\code
tcp:server=Server,port=Port[,password=Password][,ipversion=6]