2008/9/12 Bryan D. Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm trying to get remote debugging working with Tomcat using a shared memory > connection. I've been calling it remote debugging but the server and debug > client (my IDE) are on the same host. > > Everything works well when I start Tomcat from the command line > (bin/startup.bat). I have the following JAVA_OPTIONS set in my environment > variables: > > -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_shmem,address=jdbconnect,server=y,suspend=n > > I can connect to the debugger with my IDE (JCreator 4.50.010) and debug > happily. I can also see that the debugger is listening on that shared > memory address in stdout. > > However, when I start Tomcat as a service, the shared memory connection > seems to be unavailable. I have set the following Java Options in the > "Configure Tomcat" panel: > > -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_shmem,address=jdbconnect,server=y,suspend=n > > My IDE can't connect to the shmem address, and the log (logs/stdout.log) > doesn't show anything about the debugger listening. > > I'm running Tomcat 5.0.28, jdk 1.5.0_16, on Windows XP SP2. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas & suggestions. > > Cheers, > Bryan >
Hi, Bryan! I would try running Tomcat service with your own user account, instead of the default Local System one. Maybe that will help you. BTW: The JPDA documentation says that the Shared Memory Transport is implemented using memory-mapped files. You may try to dig there, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366551(VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366559(VS.85).aspx Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
