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23.2; error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation

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From: Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.2; error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting'
	annotation
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:29:22 -0600

Sometimes while using gdb, I get this error:

error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation

This seems to happen if I type too fast.
Once this happens, gud mode becomes almost useless.  I haven't found a way
to recover from it yet :-(



In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-06-03 on x86-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.10802000
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
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  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
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Recent input:
SPC g o <M-backspace> c o l d <return> s h e ' s SPC 
m o s t l y SPC b e t t e r SPC n o w <return> C-x 
o C-z o C-z o O n c e SPC t h i s SPC h a p p e n d 
, <backspace> <backspace> s , SPC b u <M-backspace> 
g u d SPC m o d e SPC b <backspace> b e c o m e s SPC 
a l m o s t SPC u s e u l <backspace> <backspace> l 
e s s . SPC S-SPC I SPC h a v e n ' t SPC o f u n d 
SPC C-u C-b C-b C-t C-e w <backspace> a SPC w a y SPC 
t o SPC r e c o v e r SPC f r o m SPC i t SPC y e t 
SPC : - ( M-q C-/ M-q C-p C-e C-f C-f C-l C-x 1 C-/ 
<return> C-p M-b M-b <return> C-e C-f C-f C-o M-v C-o 
C-o T h i s SPC i s SPC <M-backspace> b u g SPC i s 
SPC e x C-a C-k C-k C-c C-c y e s <return> C-g C-/ 
C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-SPC C-u C-p C-u C-p 
M-w C-x k <return> y e s <return> M-x r e p o r t - 
e m <tab> b <tab> <return> M-p <return> C-y C-x 1 M-< 
C-n C-n C-e C-d C-x C-g C-a C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u C-a 
C-u C-p C-p C-p C-p C-SPC C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n M-w C-x 
k <return> y e s <return> s <backspace> w i l l SPC 
d o <return> C-z o M-x M-p <return>

Recent messages:
Checking 52 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emulation...
Checking 140 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emacs-lisp...
Checking 24 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/cedet...
Checking 57 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calendar...
Checking 87 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calc...
Checking 39 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/obsolete...
Checking 1 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/leim...
Checking for load-path shadows...done
Mark set [3 times]
call-interactively: End of buffer

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Tom

Message #8 received at 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7164: 23.2;
 error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting'
 annotation
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:52:42 +0100

Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com> writes:

> Sometimes while using gdb, I get this error:
>
> error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation
>
> This seems to happen if I type too fast.
> Once this happens, gud mode becomes almost useless.  I haven't found a way
> to recover from it yet :-(

That was 10 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #11 received at 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7164: 23.2; error in process filter: gdb-starting:
 Unexpected `starting' annotation
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:02:57 +0100

(Email to tromey <at> redhat.com bounced.  Resending to the most recent
email address I could find in git.)

Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com> writes:

> Sometimes while using gdb, I get this error:
>
> error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation
>
> This seems to happen if I type too fast.
> Once this happens, gud mode becomes almost useless.  I haven't found a way
> to recover from it yet :-(

That was 10 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #14 received at 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7164: 23.2;
 error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting'
 annotation
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:43:23 -0700

Stefan> That was 10 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
Stefan> of Emacs?

I stopped using the MI-based gdb mode because of this, so I have no idea
if it is still a bug.

Tom

Message #17 received at 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 7164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: Re: bug#7164: 23.2; error in process filter: gdb-starting:
 Unexpected `starting' annotation
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:21:01 +0200

Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com> writes:

> Stefan> That was 10 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
> Stefan> of Emacs?
>
> I stopped using the MI-based gdb mode because of this, so I have no idea
> if it is still a bug.

So it doesn't seem likely that there'll be further progress on this bug
report (and I can't reproduce the problem myself), so I'm closing this
bug report.  If it turns out to still be an issue, please respond to the
debbugs address, and we'll reopen.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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