There seems to be a lot of interest in this particular
JDB bug, so I thought Id look up the original sources from which
I got the info. The bug (and its cause) are described for the on the
Java bug parade, with number..
4026435
NTEmacs used to have the same problem, and there are
several solutions provided there. Not all of these will work with JDB,
but the fake winsock, is most likely to. If someone wants to try it...
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html#dialup-problem
Rather amusingly for the current situation the bug report
is reported as fixed because "This bug is fixed in the new Java
Platform Debug Architecture.".
Phil