Re: MSC 7.0 windows debug mode and 'Cant read from device AUX'

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From: Randy Azarian
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:06

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I do not agree that DBWIN is not useful in the standard kernel.  It is very
useful to do OutputDebugStrings in my code as I am debugging.  Additionally,
I have noticed that DBWIN does display quite a few "warning" messages in the
standard kernel, albeit probaby insignificant, although I think it will report
unfreed memory handles, and the like.

When running the debug kernel, placing DBWIN in the startup may not be 
sufficient to eliminate the 'Cannot write to AUX' message (as things that 
write to AUX may get loaded before DBWIN).  In this case, place a line in 
your system.ini file:

[Debug]
OutputTo=NUL

I have also noticed that (for some unknown reason) periodically DBWIN will 
turn itself off by sending its output to NONE.  When this happens, if the
OutputTo= is not set to NUL the machine will effectively hang until the
offending application trying to write to AUX is terminated (via Ctl-Alt-Del).

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From: azarian@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Randy Azarian)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:06:54 GMT
Subject: Re: MSC 7.0 windows debug mode and 'Cant read from device AUX'
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