Sudden dramatic inability to debug

[Sherlock]

A few moments ago I was just starting debug an app on a Nucelo board when the attempt froze and Visual Studio 2019 died, then restarted.

After several attempts to resolve this I disconnected the board and connected a different type then loaded some existing test solution and attempted to debug, that froze and VS 2019 simply died, vanished.

I then tried a third different type of board and get the same symptoms.

I rebooted my computer and retried all this with same results.

Something seems to have permanently changed and I have no idea what, the problems seems to be when establishing communication during the beginning of debug, a few times VS did not crash and I got a dialog mentioning that GDB had problems (I failed to keep a note!).

Here are version details just FYI:

VS 2019: 16.4.4

Visual GDB: 5.4R12 (build 3309) (Licensed version, not a trial)

Windows 10: 10.0.18362.657

VS left details in the event log, these are shown below:

Application: devenv.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
at System.Windows.Forms.SplitContainer.set_SplitterDistance(Int32)
at yg.h1()
at yg.y2(System.Object, System.EventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnSelectionChanged(System.EventArgs)
at ie.OnSelectionChanged(System.EventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.FlushSelectionChanged()
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.ClearSelection(Int32, Int32, Boolean)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.SetAndSelectCurrentCellAddress(Int32, Int32, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.MakeFirstDisplayedCellCurrentCell(Boolean)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnRowCollectionChanged_PostNotification(Boolean, Boolean, System.ComponentModel.CollectionChangeAction, System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRow, Int32)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.OnCollectionChanged_PostNotification(System.ComponentModel.CollectionChangeAction, Int32, Int32, System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRow, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, System.Drawing.Point)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.OnCollectionChanged(System.ComponentModel.CollectionChangeEventArgs, Int32, Int32)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.AddCopiesPrivate(System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRow, System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewElementStates, Int32)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.Add(Int32)
at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.set_RowCount(Int32)
at ie.o()
at ie.n_2(m7)
at rk+q.u(Int32, Int32, rk[])
at yg.z()
at yg.t3()

Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(System.Object, System.Object[], System.Signature, Boolean)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(System.Object, System.Object[], System.Object[])
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl(System.Object[])
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)

I’d be grateful for any guidance on how to explore this and resolve it.

Thanks

PS: I did install STM32CubeMX yesterday and began to familiarize myself with this, is it possible this modified some driver or something that Visual GDB relies on?

I created and imported several simple projects from STM32CubeMX (as described here) and had no issues yesterday or this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Sherlock.
• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Sherlock.
• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Sherlock.

[Sherlock]

If I try to start without debugging (from VS debug menu) I see a console window that soon vanishes, no app seems to load into the board and VS doesn’t crash, here’s what I captured from the console window:

 

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[Sherlock]

I can’t see the “Edit” option here any more so I can’t add to my original post.

Anyway I just ran a repair of Visual GDB but this seems to have had no effect on this behavior.

 

[Sherlock]

Interestingly that when I choose “Program and Start Without Debugging” this succeeds, I see the “The device has been programmed successfully” dialog and the board seems to reset and the code gets loaded (I can see expected activity on my DSO).

 

 

 

[support]

Hi,

It looks like you have accidentally resized one of the tool windows below the minimum size. Please try updating to the latest VisualGDB 5.5 Preview 4. It contains a fix for this issue.

[Sherlock]

OK installing now…

[Sherlock]

Beautiful !

All good, thanks for a prompt and precise response, much appreciated.

 

 

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