seer/src/resources/help/ConnectDebugMode.md

Connect debug mode

Introduction

This mode allows Seer to a local or remote process that was started with gdbserver (or other gdb servers).

Typically, the gdbserver starts the process and interrupts it before anything happens. It then waits for something to connect to it. When Seer connects with it, the process is ready to continue executing.

Requirements

In this mode, Seer needs:

• Optional symbol file if the executable doesn't have debug information
• How to look for the gdbserver (machine and port)
• Optional gdb commands to execute before and after Seer connects to the gdbserver.

What can you do?

In this mode, Seer will connect to the process via the gdbserver. Typically you set breakpoints first then tell the process to continue. From this point, you can debug the process as normal (stepping and setting breakpoints, etc...)

References

Check references for gdbserver and other gdb servers.

• gdbserver
• valgrind vgdb
• servers for embedded development