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From: "Hans Horn" <hannes AT 2horns DOT com>
Subject: Re: attaching debugger to process
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:39:38 -0800
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:16:00PM -0800, Hans Horn wrote:
>> I'm trying to debug a running process by attaching the debugger to
>> it.
>>
>> From inside the debugger, when I issue a 'where' command, I end up in
>>
>> Switching to thread 3344.0x564]
>> #0  0x7c901231 in ntdll!DbgUiConnectToDbg () from
>> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/ntdll.dll
>> #1  0x7c9507a8 in ntdll!KiIntSystemCall () from
>> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/ntdll.dll
>> #2  0x00000005 in ?? ()
>> #3  0x00000004 in ?? ()
>> #4  0x00000001 in ?? ()
>> #5  0x0238ffd0 in ?? ()
>>
>> When I try to step out of this. insight freezes.
>>
>> Anybody else seen this?
>
> Seen what?  Seen that windows creates a new thread when you are
> attaching to a process.  Yes.

No - that the dbugger freezes when i try to do a step or a next!

> Look at thread 1.  It probably will be more informative.
>
> cgf

Alright, there are four threads.
the debugger wakes up in thread 4 (ntdll!DbgUiConnectToDbg).
The other three threads are all in ntdll!LdrAccessResource.

How do I get to urge the debugger to go to the place in MY application code?





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