How to debug assert failure in awt.dll?

[Anthony Petrov]

On 07/10/2013 06:02 PM, Pete Brunet wrote:
> On 7/10/13 8:57 AM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>> On 7/10/13 2:59 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
>>> This is a known issue http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8013849
>>> Looks like it's unrelated to a11y and affects any apps with input boxes.
>> Thanks Anthony, You are right; it is not a11y related.  Is there a bug I
>> can edit?  I'll add more info:

Just open up the bug in JBS, and you'll be able to edit it. I don't post 
a JBS link here on the public mailing list because the JBS isn't public yet.


>> - it fails on 7udev
>> - it fails in SwingSet2 in the combo box demo when focus is on the
>> ComboBox Demo tab and the tab key is pressed to change focus into the
>> first non-edit combo box.
> It turns out I get that failure whenever pressing the tab key.  I didn't
> extensively test but I got it when tabbing to several different controls.
>>> I'm not an expert in debugging with VS, but I suppose it wants the
>>> .pdb file for the awt.dll. Try locating this file in the build/
>>> directory and point the VS debugger to it. You should also point VS to
>>> the sources directory (which is jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/).
>> I tried that (see below) with no luck.

Perhaps VS needs some more debugging files. Did you try to attach to the 
java.exe process from the VS debugger before you're hitting the breakpoint?

Anyway, I'm also CC'ing Alexey who could provide some more tips on 
debugging with VS.

--
best regards,
Anthony

>>> --
>>> best regards,
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> On 07/10/2013 02:01 AM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>>>> Using code cloned from yesterday, I built the jdk portion of the 7u-dev
>>>> forest using the debug target and the 7u45 import and am getting an
>>>> assert failure in Hashtable.cpp when accessibility is enabled.  This is
>>>> a 32 bit build using a 32 bit import.
>>>>
>>>> Letting the execution transition into the debugger stops pointing at
>>>> awt.dll.
>>>>
>>>> How do I debug this?  Assuming having debug symbols would help, I set
>>>> the Visual Studio debugger symbols dialog to point at either of these
>>>> two directories but the debugger fails to find the symbols:
>>>> jdk7u-dev\jdk\build\windows-i586\tmp\sun\sun.awt\awt\obj_g or obj_gO.
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
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