For what it's worth, I get this message when:
1. I've been debugging, AND
2. I kill the debug session, resetting the device, AND
3. I then close the Emulator and start a new one.
For some reason the debugger is unable to connect to the new Emulator
process.
oge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jun-Kiat Lam [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 17:44
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Debugger woes and other issues
>
> Hello all,
>
> I apologize for the delay in replying to your issues. I had been in crunch
> mode with another product and have not been able to look at Palm issues as
> much recently. With regards to the debugger issues, the 'BDWM' message
> itself is a bug, but typically indicates that the debugger has failed to
> connect to the emulator. For long-timers, it is the same message as the
> 'failed to connect to remote' in previous release of CodeWarrior for Palm.
> There are number of reasons this may be happening:
>
> a) an invalid .prc has been generated that is rejected by the Palm OS
> Emulator or the device. This typically happens when your app overruns the
> 64K per segment limit of the Palm OS. The acid test for it is to try to
> install the application directly onto the emulator or device. If it is
> rejected then you have hit this problem.
> b) the device has not been set in console mode, thus preventing the
> debugger
> from connecting. This usually happens when you enter the 'shortcut dot dot
> 2' incorrectly (it should show up in the Find menu as 'shorcut.2' - single
> period '.'). Also, if the serial port is tied up, the debugger will fail
> to
> connect as well. Make sure HotSync is off (not in the system tray on
> Windows).
> c) possibly incorrect combinations of the ROM and emulator that the
> debugger
> does not support.
>
> That said though, we admit that there are bugs in the debugger itself that
> we need to fix. We (and Palm) are currently working on patches for Release
> 6, and hope to have it soon. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience,
> and your feedback. I hope to have beta versions of a plugin patch
> available
> soon that will hopefully address some of the issues you are seeing. In the
> meantime, please continue to send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> to
> me, Jun-Kiat Lam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll try to help as best as I
> can.
>
> Again, our apologies for the inconvenience caused.
>
> Rgds,
> Jun-Kiat Lam
> Metrowerks QA Lead
> CodeWarrior for Palm Computing platform.
>
