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Re:The State of Linux Debuggers by haberman on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:36PM (#25408292)
> You can redraw it with ^L, or disable the tui while it's running.

I often run into a problem where switching to TUI after a crash disables local echo for some reason. I can't see my typing and TUI's output is totally busted. CTRL-L doesn't fix this, I have to exit the debugger and run "reset" in my terminal. Does anyone know why this happens or how to fix it without exiting the debugger?

I've even tried suspending with CTRL-Z, running "reset", then resuming gdb. This fixes the shell, but TUI is still busted, even with CTRL-L.

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Re:The State of Linux Debuggers by clankyclanker on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:42PM (#25408929)
It’s a long shot, but try Ctrl+R. That re-enables local echo after it’s disabled in some scenarios (usually by Ctrl+S when connected to a remote session with the right tty settings).
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Re:The State of Linux Debuggers by ndesaulniers on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:05PM (#25410817)
I find close and reopen the TUI to be the only fix. A PITA for sure, but the only way I can get it to redraw correctly. Will try ctrl+l next time.
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