More Symbol Issues...

I apologize if this question has been asked 60,000 times but it's hard to
stay on top of the exchanges in here the way I'd like to ... this is very
simple so I'm sure anybody can answer. I'm running XP SP2. I downloaded and
installed the very latest symbol package for XP 2 days ago. Still, I have to
wade through 9,000 lines of debugger output (KD) screaming about "you don't
have the right symbols, symbols are wrong, the sky is falling!" If the XP
symbols are wrong for XP, which ones are right?

Don
Tue Aug 28 09:08:53 CDT 2007

Use the symserver see
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/debugstart.mspx There is
some confusion that you always need to be connected. In fact once the
symserver downloads the correct symbols to your local harddrive it does not
go back to the server. The great thing about symserver is even if there
are updates it will find the symbols for you for things in the standard
Microsoft distribution.


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"Dakota Ridge" <DakotaRidge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I apologize if this question has been asked 60,000 times but it's hard to
> stay on top of the exchanges in here the way I'd like to ... this is very
> simple so I'm sure anybody can answer. I'm running XP SP2. I downloaded
> and
> installed the very latest symbol package for XP 2 days ago. Still, I
> have to
> wade through 9,000 lines of debugger output (KD) screaming about "you
> don't
> have the right symbols, symbols are wrong, the sky is falling!" If the
> XP
> symbols are wrong for XP, which ones are right?

DakotaRidge
Tue Aug 28 09:50:05 CDT 2007

Thanks Don!

All I have to do now is get past this: "Weâ??re sorry, but we were unable to
service your request. You may wish to choose from the links below for
information about Microsoft products and services." :-)

"Don Burn" wrote:

> Use the symserver see
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/debugstart.mspx There is
> some confusion that you always need to be connected. In fact once the
> symserver downloads the correct symbols to your local harddrive it does not
> go back to the server. The great thing about symserver is even if there
> are updates it will find the symbols for you for things in the standard
> Microsoft distribution.
>
>
> --
> Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)

DakotaRidge
Tue Aug 28 10:04:02 CDT 2007

Hi Don,

Okay, I got into that page, and that's just the same page where I downloaded
the symbols I have. KD is running on an older version, MAYBE SP 1a, but that
shouldn't matter. Install the symbols on that machine, set .SYMPATH, and it
should be okay because the symbols relate to the machine being debugged.

All I get are "symbols are wrong" messages. :-(

-- Chris

Don
Tue Aug 28 10:06:27 CDT 2007

No, do not get and install the symbols, use the symbol server model as
defined just above the links to install the symbols.


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> Hi Don,
>
> Okay, I got into that page, and that's just the same page where I
> downloaded
> the symbols I have. KD is running on an older version, MAYBE SP 1a, but
> that
> shouldn't matter. Install the symbols on that machine, set .SYMPATH, and
> it
> should be okay because the symbols relate to the machine being debugged.
>
> All I get are "symbols are wrong" messages. :-(
>
> -- Chris

MarufManiruzzaman
Wed Aug 29 01:18:24 CDT 2007

I thought it happens only to people like me, NewBs.

I use this as symbol file path:

SRV*s:\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;c:\driver\output;

s:\symcache is a folder where the symbols are downloaded and stored. You can
also add your output path to driver. Reload the symbols now. If you now run
while connected with Internet the symbol files get downloaded. KD is smart
enough not to download same file again. But if the windows is updated through
windows update od in any other means, it may require to download again.


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Sincerely,
Maruf Maniruzzaman,
Software Engineer,
KAZ Software Limited,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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http://kuashaonline.com

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"Dakota Ridge" wrote:

> I apologize if this question has been asked 60,000 times but it's hard to
> stay on top of the exchanges in here the way I'd like to ... this is very
> simple so I'm sure anybody can answer. I'm running XP SP2. I downloaded and
> installed the very latest symbol package for XP 2 days ago. Still, I have to
> wade through 9,000 lines of debugger output (KD) screaming about "you don't
> have the right symbols, symbols are wrong, the sky is falling!" If the XP
> symbols are wrong for XP, which ones are right?

Maxim
Wed Aug 29 05:25:16 CDT 2007

Read the WinDbg docs on .symfix command. This command sets up auto download
of proper symbols from MS's server.

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"Dakota Ridge" <DakotaRidge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I apologize if this question has been asked 60,000 times but it's hard to
> stay on top of the exchanges in here the way I'd like to ... this is very
> simple so I'm sure anybody can answer. I'm running XP SP2. I downloaded and
> installed the very latest symbol package for XP 2 days ago. Still, I have to
> wade through 9,000 lines of debugger output (KD) screaming about "you don't
> have the right symbols, symbols are wrong, the sky is falling!" If the XP
> symbols are wrong for XP, which ones are right?

DakotaRidge
Wed Aug 29 12:16:02 CDT 2007

The .SYMFIX command worked perfectly. I spent half the day getting internet
access restored on this old(er) computer I'm using for remote debugging, then
everything worked -- all the symbols are good. Thanks to all for the help!!!!

"Don Burn" wrote:

> No, do not get and install the symbols, use the symbol server model as
> defined just above the links to install the symbols.
>
>
> --
> Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
> Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
> Website: http://www.windrvr.com
> Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
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> "Dakota Ridge" <DakotaRidge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi Don,
> >
> > Okay, I got into that page, and that's just the same page where I
> > downloaded
> > the symbols I have. KD is running on an older version, MAYBE SP 1a, but
> > that
> > shouldn't matter. Install the symbols on that machine, set .SYMPATH, and
> > it
> > should be okay because the symbols relate to the machine being debugged.
> >
> > All I get are "symbols are wrong" messages. :-(
> >
> > -- Chris
>
>
>