my debugger is soooooo slow

Can anybody help me out with this really anoying issue?
I am using WinDbg 6.2.00.13.0 and at one point the debugging was really fun
since everything was going in almost realtime. So now suddenly the debugger
"thinks" about every step for minutes it seems and it really stinks to work
with it.
I have the symbol path set first to the Web address for symbols and then to
a local directory.

What is the resolution for this issue?
Anybody any ideas?

\Manfred

Mark
Mon Feb 07 14:31:14 CST 2005

Move to the latest windbg that might help, also if you are using microsoft's
symbol server, you might research making a local symbol server if you
internet connectivity to the outside world is not the greatest....


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OSR, Open Systems Resources, Inc.
http://www.osr.com/
"Manfred Wilner" <manfred.w@swecoinus.com> wrote in message
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> Can anybody help me out with this really anoying issue?
> I am using WinDbg 6.2.00.13.0 and at one point the debugging was really
> fun since everything was going in almost realtime. So now suddenly the
> debugger "thinks" about every step for minutes it seems and it really
> stinks to work with it.
> I have the symbol path set first to the Web address for symbols and then
> to a local directory.
>
> What is the resolution for this issue?
> Anybody any ideas?
>
> \Manfred
>
>

hannes
Mon Feb 07 16:45:02 CST 2005

Make sure your Watch window has no unresolved variable names in it.

If it does, and you need them, try prepending the names with
<your driver name>!<variable name>

e.g.
passthru!GlobalLock

This will cause only the named module to be searched for the variable,
instead of all loaded modules...which in turn will try to lookup all symbols.
Each with a lengthy timeout.

/ Hannes.

jantogni
Mon Feb 07 17:29:32 CST 2005

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First, microsoft.public,windbg is probably a better place to ask (I am
assuming your debugger is WinDbg.exe).

Next, try !sym noisy, which may give you an idea if your debugger is doing
lots of lookups.

Try to keep your breakpoints to a minimum whilst things are going slow.

Close disassembly, locals, etc, windows.

Try removing the symbols and source servers for the time being, to see if
that helps.


James Antognini
Windows Driver Developer Support

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Can anybody help me out with this really anoying issue?
I am using WinDbg 6.2.00.13.0 and at one point the debugging was really fun
since everything was going in almost realtime. So now suddenly the debugger
"thinks" about every step for minutes it seems and it really stinks to work
with it.
I have the symbol path set first to the Web address for symbols and then to
a local directory.

What is the resolution for this issue?
Anybody any ideas?

\Manfred



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\par Next, try !sym noisy, which may give you an idea if your debugger is doing lots of lookups.
\par
\par Try to keep your breakpoints to a minimum whilst things are going slow.
\par
\par Close disassembly, locals, etc, windows.
\par
\par Try removing the symbols and source servers for the time being, to see if that helps.
\par
\par
\par James Antognini
\par Windows Driver Developer Support
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\par Can anybody help me out with this really anoying issue?
\par I am using WinDbg 6.2.00.13.0 and at one point the debugging was really fun
\par since everything was going in almost realtime. So now suddenly the debugger
\par "thinks" about every step for minutes it seems and it really stinks to work
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\par I have the symbol path set first to the Web address for symbols and then to
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steve
Mon Feb 07 17:58:34 CST 2005

Buy a copy of softice!
Steve.

>-----Original Message-----
>Can anybody help me out with this really anoying issue?
>I am using WinDbg 6.2.00.13.0 and at one point the
debugging was really fun
>since everything was going in almost realtime. So now
suddenly the debugger
>"thinks" about every step for minutes it seems and it
really stinks to work
>with it.
>I have the symbol path set first to the Web address for
symbols and then to
>a local directory.
>
>What is the resolution for this issue?
>Anybody any ideas?
>
>\Manfred
>
>
>.
>

Pavel
Mon Feb 07 20:20:37 CST 2005

"steve" <swoodberry@foursticks.com> wrote in message news:27fe01c50d70$ef0493c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Buy a copy of softice!
> Steve.

It's easy to say. Unfortunately they sell Softice only with the whole Driver Studio,
so by value/price ratio, Windbg doesn't leave Softice any chance.

--PA