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Subject: Re: bhyve -g gets killed by EPIPE
To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.org
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On 25/11/2016 12:13 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> I am trying to follow this guide:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/DebuggingWithGdb
>
> It seems to work, once or twice, but after that when I active kdb in the guest
> bhyve would terminate with status 141.  I interpret it as signal 13, EPIPE.
>
>
I have found that the order of startup is critical


get into ddb, ready to go,

get kgdb ready to roll. ,gdbinit file with all info needed (ports etc)

type 'gdb' in ddb

hit <CR> on kgdb command to start it up.  do this i less than 3 seconds.