I've been using pdb under emacs on an Ubuntu box to debug python programs. I just upgraded from Ubuntu Edgy to Feisty and this combo has stopped working. Python is at 2.5.1 now, and emacs is at 21.41.1.
It used to be I could just "M-x pdb RET pdb <script-name> RET" and be presented with a prompt where I could debug my script, as well as an arrow in another source code buffer indicating where I am in the source code. Now however, when I do "M-x pdb RET pdb ~/grabbers/npr-grabber.py -s WESUN", I get this is in a buffer called *gud*: Current directory is /home/levander/grabbers/ No prompt or anything follows it, just that one line. It doesn't pop up an arrow in the other buffer either. None of the regular commands like 'n', 's', or 'l' do anything here. So, I did a 'Ctrl-C' and got: > /home/levander/grabbers/npr-grabber.py(24)<module>() -> """ (Pdb) > /home/levander/grabbers/npr-grabber.py(30)<module>() -> import getopt (Pdb) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pdb", line 1213, in main pdb._runscript(mainpyfile) File "/usr/bin/pdb", line 1138, in _runscript self.run(statement, globals=globals_, locals=locals_) File "bdb.py", line 366, in run exec cmd in globals, locals File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/levander/grabbers/npr-grabber.py", line 30, in <module> import getopt File "/home/levander/grabbers/npr-grabber.py", line 30, in <module> import getopt File "bdb.py", line 48, in trace_dispatch return self.dispatch_line(frame) File "bdb.py", line 66, in dispatch_line self.user_line(frame) File "/usr/bin/pdb", line 144, in user_line self.interaction(frame, None) File "/usr/bin/pdb", line 187, in interaction self.cmdloop() File "cmd.py", line 130, in cmdloop line = raw_input(self.prompt) KeyboardInterrupt Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program > /home/levander/grabbers/cmd.py(151)cmdloop() -> pass (Pdb) It's wierd because at the bottom of that call stack, it does look like it's wating for input, but no input works... And, after I hit Ctrl-C I do get a prompt as you see at the bottom of that listing just above. Now I type "quit" and get: Post mortem debugger finished. The /home/cponder/grabbers/npr- grabber.py will be restarted Anybody can tell me who to get pdb working under emacs on Ubuntu Feisty? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list