Are you using the HotSpot VM? jdb appears to be broken with it. Try
switching back to the classic VM. For more information see:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/techDocs/SearchData/dd/HotSpot/1
5.html
Allan
Kenneth J. Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I just installed the JDE with JDK 1.2.1. Everything works
> very well, except the debugger. When starting the jdb, I
> get the error:
>
> Initializing jdb...
> Failed accessing debugging session on <machine name>: invalid password
>
> This happens even when invoking the debugger from bash directly.
>
> I understand there is a -password option to jdb and that starting
> the interpreter with -Xdebug is supposed to print the password
> required, but it doesn't seem to.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -Ken
