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19 years ago

gdb-server can't find Cyclone II board

I'm trying to connect to a Cyclone II board using jtagd and nios2-gdb-server-wrapped under Linux. They seem to find the USBBlaster OK -- the blue LED flashes briefly when I start the gdb-serve...
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19 years ago

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originally posted by hippo@Oct 30 2006, 08:16 PM

would you please add a page on nios wiki to describe how to setup the gdb server?

that would be very helpful. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#emo_dir#>/smile.gif

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Done: http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/linuxgdbserver (http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/linuxgdbserver)

I see that we&#39;re encouranged to "sign our work" on the Wiki, but I&#39;ve no clue what that means or how to do it.

FWIW, my privilege problem was due to the fact that I forgot to make /etc/hotplug/usb/usbblaster executable. Making jtagd suid root didn&#39;t work because suid executables ignore the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.