Hello SysProgs

The VGDB toolchain works perfectly with my Segger JTAG probe and any suitable targets (BoneBlack/NXP43XX series)

However I am getting a very frustrating series of errors trying to debug STM32F discovery boards (One is a 429I the other a 407VGT). The core problem seems to be somewhere between OpenOCD and the GDB Server. This toolchain is rather difficult to debug outside of Visual Studio as I am not 100% sure where all of the configurations settings are picked up.

A load of images and logs follow. This is really holding me up. Please advise ASAP.

Many thanks

The initial setup seems to pass:

Then when testing we see this:

Then when running the connection to GDB fails:

Now I have tried this with the Windows firewall both on and off, to no effect.

OpenOCD debug.log

bi-gdb.exe --interpreter mi R:srcstm32F4429Basic/Debug/Basic.elf
-list-features
=thread-group-added,id="i1"
~"GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1n"
~"Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.n"
~"License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.nThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"nand "show warranty" for details.n"

~"This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-mingw32 --target=arm-eabi".nFor bug reporting instructions, please see:n"

~"...n"

~"Reading symbols from R:\src\stm32F4\429\Basic\Debug\Basic.elf..."

~"done.n"

^done,features=["frozen-varobjs","pending-breakpoints","thread-info","data-read-memory-bytes","breakpoint-notifications","ada-task-info"]

-gdb-set stop-on-solib-events 1

^done

^done

-gdb-set disassembly-flavor intel

^error,msg="No symbol "disassembly" in current context."

^error,msg="No symbol "disassembly" in current context."

-gdb-set print demangle off

^done

-gdb-version

~"GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1n"

~"Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.n"

~"License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.nThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"nand "show warranty" for details.n"

~"This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-mingw32 --target=arm-eabi".nFor bug reporting instructions, please see:n"

~".n"

^done

-break-insert -f main

^done,bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",addr="0x20000c6a",func="main()",file="LEDBlink.cpp",fullname="R:\src\stm32F4\429\Basic\LEDBlink.cpp",line="14",thread-groups=["i1"],times="0",original-location="main"}

target remote :3333

&"target remote :3333n"

000-data-evaluate-expression 0

&":3333: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.n"

^error,msg=":3333: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."

000^done,value="0"

Texane STLinkV2 log

VisualGDB is licensed to J M Evans
U:pkgSysGCCarm-eabibinarm-eabi-gdb.exe --interpreter mi R:srcstm32F4429Basic/Debug/Basic.elf
-list-features
=thread-group-added,id="i1"
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"

and "show warranty" for details.

This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-mingw32 --target=arm-eabi".

For bug reporting instructions, please see:

...

Reading symbols from R:srcstm32F4429BasicDebugBasic.elf...

done.

^done,features=["frozen-varobjs","pending-breakpoints","thread-info","data-read-memory-bytes","breakpoint-notifications","ada-task-info"]

-gdb-set stop-on-solib-events 1

OK

-gdb-set disassembly-flavor intel

No symbol "disassembly" in current context.

-gdb-set print demangle off

OK

-gdb-version

GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1

Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"

and "show warranty" for details.

This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-mingw32 --target=arm-eabi".

For bug reporting instructions, please see:

.

OK

-break-insert -f main

^done,bkpt={number="1",type="breakpoint",disp="keep",enabled="y",addr="0x20000c6a",func="main()",file="LEDBlink.cpp",fullname="R:\src\stm32F4\429\Basic\LEDBlink.cpp",line="14",thread-groups=["i1"],times="0",original-location="main"}

target remote :4242

&"target remote :4242n"

&":4242: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.n"

:4242: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

version numbers

Win7x64USP1
VS2012 SP4
VGDB 4.2
STLink 3.3.0
STLink USB Driver DLL 4.3.1.0
Embedded STLink SWD firmware is V2.J19.S0