GDB Firebird configuration issue

[SlyVTT]

Hi,

I am wondering if anybody succeeded in setting up properly a debugging solution for nSpire under WSL(2).

I am either Firebird or GDB server not working and don't know how to get something running smoothly altogether, cause I am reaching the limits of using the fprint method to debug my GUI Toolkit.

I have Firebird running on pure (native) Windows but cannot make it run under WSL (unable to create a rendering context. Even if other graphical apps a running well.

And cannot make GBD server running on windows.

So whatever I do, I do not have both Firebird/GDB running on the same system (WSL or Win10 native).

Do some of you succeeded in making the apps discussing together on win10 or WSL ? A good tutorial would be appreciated.

BR

Sly

[Adriweb]

At this point, I'm wondering if it'll be faster/easier to just use a Linux VM for everything

[SlyVTT]

Yes agree, just a bit curious cause it may be possible to have this working and hence save some gigabytes.
I am very happy with WSL, so if I could get Firebird/GDB working with it, that would be really wonderful.

[SlyVTT]

So, after some long days and nights spent on this, some good news/explanations.

I never succeeded in making it working under WSL . This seems to come from IP "translation" making it impossible to communicate between Firebird on Win10 and GDB on WSL. I was not able to create a bridge between both system.

So I decided to install a true Ubuntu 21.04 (the last one) distribution aside Win10 with a dual boot (and it is a pain with Lenovo's computer).
Everything (finally) installed, Ndless SDK properly installed and configured, all building process Ok and ... ... ... still nothing working because of a conflict in packages.
Ubuntu 21.04, in its great care for users, decided to have the GDB with ARM support (arm-none-eabi-gdb version 10.1.0) installed in the default configuration, and it creates a conflict with the Ndless toolchain. This leads to instantaneous crashes on GDB with a segmentation fault. So need to restart from scratch.

In between I made some parallel tests on a former Kubuntu 20.04 Virtual Machine and GDB(ARM) seemed to work without crashing ...

So I then decided then to came back one version earlier, Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with minimal install, so what I can properly choose what will be installed later on.

Once again, Ndless SDK installation (need to admit I am very happy of my brand new computer that makes the job in no longer than 15minutes).
Firebird for linux installed, AND .... GDB successfully connected. YES !!!

So as a summary, this is what I tried :

Firebird Win10 with GDB(Arm) WSL : not working due to non identified IP for scrutinizing port :3333
Firebird WSL with GDB(ARM) WSL : not working due to issue with Xserver (firebird cannot initialise)
Firebird Linux Ubuntu 21.04 (standard install) with GDB(ARM) : not working because of conflict with GDB (ARM) package already installed
Firebird Linux Ubuntu 20.04 (minimum install) with GDB(ARM) : Working

I guess the "minimum install" of Ubuntu 21.04 should also work but I am a bit lazy and don't want to have one more session of "full install".

Now the only remaining topic is to have a GUI frontend working for debugging cause GDB is Ok, but a bit tough when using command line.

Ciao

Sly