doh! I should try reading the docs -Xnoagent did the trick
Nathan Coast wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to start tomcat in debug mode using these options:
>
> TOMCAT_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n
>
> as I understand it, the address to which the debuger should connect
> should be displayed on stdout. However, all that is being displayed is
> the agent password. Any ideas what (if any) other parameters need to be
> passed to java in order to obtain the port that the vm is waiting for?
> I've tried specifying the port using address=localhost:1234 but this
> makes no difference.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Nathan
