JLinkGDBServerCL.exe Windows tray icons do not disappear

[bremenpl]

Hello there,
I have posted a topic on segger forums about the windows icon not dissapearing after succesfull programing in Eclipse:

http://forum.segger.com/index.php?page=Thread&postID=9013#post9013

But they seem to be blaming the plugin- that it doesnt close properly. Could you relate please? I would apreciate all help!

[ilg-ul]

My experience and testing capabilities with Windows are limited; are you sure you are using the CL (command line) version of the server? Normally there should be no icons for internal command line processes.

[bremenpl]

Yes, I am using all tools within the eclipse plugin.
Ps: this occurs when using RUN configuration.

[ilg-ul]

Please provide a screenshot of the Preferences -> Run/Debug -> String Substitution window.

[bremenpl]

Here:

[ilg-ul]

seems ok.

please provide more details (like how do you terminate the debug session), in order to reproduce the problem.

[bremenpl]

Its the way i said in this topic:
#8

I use RUN configuration, the board is programmed but jlink is not detached. I then click terminare (like terminating debug session). The tray then remains.

[ilg-ul]

I then click terminare (like terminating debug session)

you can terminate a debug session in many ways. which process is selected when you terminate the session, and which button do you push?

[bremenpl]

I gues its the only process running for the jlink:

[ilg-ul]

by clicking that red square button you are brutally killing the jlink gdb server process.

probably it is not prepared to gracefully die in this situation.

try terminating the application in the Debug perspective, this should issue the terminating commands to GDB client, which should nicely terminate the J-Link GDB server process.

[bremenpl]

I did that as well, im quite sure i am killing the same thing.

[ilg-ul]

as I said, this is wrong, you have to kill the debugged process, not the GDB client or server.

[bremenpl]

But how can i terminate the process then? Theres the same button everywhere. I just checked in the debug view, its the same behaviour.

[ilg-ul]

try terminating the application in the Debug perspective

explicitly, this means:

• go to the debug perspective
• select the .elf process, in the top left window
• click the toolbar red square terminate button

this is the normal way to terminate any debugging session.

clicking the terminate button in the console window just kills the associated process.

similarly, selecting another process in the top left window and clicking the toolbar terminate, kills that process, not the application.

the plug-in has a lot of logic to detect when one of the processes dies or is brutally killed, to terminate the application and the other processes, but if you just kill directly the J-Link GDB server, it is simply gone, don't expect a graceful termination.