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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage debugvm
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| 5 | Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Oracle Corporation
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| 7 | This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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| 8 | available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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| 9 | you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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| 12 | VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
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| 15 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
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| 16 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-debugvm" lang="en">
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <refentryinfo>
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| 19 | <pubdate>$Date: 2015-06-20 20:36:01 +0000 (Sat, 20 Jun 2015) $</pubdate>
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| 20 | <title>VBoxManage debugvm</title>
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| 21 | </refentryinfo>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <refmeta>
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| 24 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-debugvm</refentrytitle>
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| 25 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 26 | </refmeta>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <refnamediv>
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| 29 | <refname>VBoxManage-debugvm</refname>
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| 30 | <refpurpose>introspection and guest debugging</refpurpose>
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| 31 | <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
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| 32 | </refnamediv>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 35 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-dumpvmcore">
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| 36 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 37 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 38 | <arg choice="plain">dumpvmcore</arg>
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| 39 | <arg>--filename=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 40 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 41 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-info">
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| 42 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 43 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 44 | <arg choice="plain">info</arg>
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| 45 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>item</replaceable></arg>
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| 46 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>args</replaceable></arg>
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| 47 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 48 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-injectnmi">
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| 49 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 50 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 51 | <arg choice="plain">injectnmi</arg>
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| 52 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 53 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-log">
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| 54 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 55 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 56 | <arg choice="plain">log</arg>
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| 57 | <group><arg>--release</arg><arg>--debug</arg></group>
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| 58 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>group-settings</replaceable></arg>
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| 59 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 60 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-logdest">
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| 61 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 62 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 63 | <arg choice="plain">logdest</arg>
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| 64 | <group><arg>--release</arg><arg>--debug</arg></group>
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| 65 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>destinations</replaceable></arg>
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| 66 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 67 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-logflags">
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| 68 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 69 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 70 | <arg choice="plain">logflags</arg>
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| 71 | <group><arg>--release</arg><arg>--debug</arg></group>
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| 72 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>flags</replaceable></arg>
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| 73 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 74 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-osdetect">
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| 75 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 76 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 77 | <arg choice="plain">osdetect</arg>
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| 78 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 79 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-osinfo">
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| 80 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 81 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 82 | <arg choice="plain">osinfo</arg>
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| 83 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 84 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-osdmesg">
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| 85 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 86 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 87 | <arg choice="plain">osdmesg</arg>
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| 88 | <arg>--lines=<replaceable>lines</replaceable></arg>
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| 89 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 90 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-getregisters">
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| 91 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 92 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 93 | <arg choice="plain">getregisters</arg>
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| 94 | <arg>--cpu=<replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
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| 95 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>reg-set.reg-name</replaceable></arg>
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| 96 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 97 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-setregisters">
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| 98 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 99 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 100 | <arg choice="plain">setregisters</arg>
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| 101 | <arg>--cpu=<replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
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| 102 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>reg-set.reg-name=value</replaceable></arg>
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| 103 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 104 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-show">
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| 105 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 106 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 107 | <arg choice="plain">show</arg>
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| 108 | <group><arg>--human-readable</arg><arg>--sh-export</arg><arg>--sh-eval</arg><arg>--cmd-set</arg></group>
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| 109 | <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>settings-item</replaceable></arg>
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| 110 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 111 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-debugvm-statistics">
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| 112 | <command>VBoxManage debugvm</command>
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| 113 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 114 | <arg choice="plain">statistics</arg>
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| 115 | <arg>--reset</arg>
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| 116 | <arg>--descriptions</arg>
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| 117 | <arg>--pattern=<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></arg>
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| 118 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 119 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 120 | <refsect1>
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| 121 | <title>Description</title>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para>The "debugvm" commands are for experts who want to tinker with the
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| 124 | exact details of virtual machine execution. Like the VM debugger<remark role="help-manual">
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| 125 | described in <xref linkend="ts_debugger" /></remark>, these commands are only useful if you are
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| 126 | very familiar with the details of the PC architecture and how to debug
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| 127 | software.</para>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-common-options">
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| 130 | <title>Common options</title>
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| 131 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
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| 132 | <para>The subcommands of <command>debugvm</command> all operate on a running virtual
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| 133 | machine:</para>
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| 134 | <variablelist>
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| 135 | <varlistentry>
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| 136 | <term><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></term>
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| 137 | <listitem><para>Either the UUID or the name (case sensitive) of a VM.</para></listitem>
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| 138 | </varlistentry>
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| 139 | </variablelist>
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| 140 | </refsect2>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-dumpvmcore">
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| 143 | <title>debugvm dumpvmcore</title>
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| 144 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 145 | <para>
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| 146 | Creates a system dump file of the specified VM. This file will have
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| 147 | the standard ELF core format (with custom sections)<remark role="help-manual">; see
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| 148 | <xref linkend="ts_guest-core-format" /></remark>.
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| 149 | </para>
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| 150 | <para>
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| 151 | This corresponds to the <command>writecore</command> command in the debugger.
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| 152 | </para>
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| 153 | <variablelist>
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| 154 | <varlistentry>
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| 155 | <term><option>--filename=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></term>
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| 156 | <listitem><para>The name of the output file.</para></listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 | </variablelist>
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| 159 | </refsect2>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-info">
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| 162 | <title>debugvm info</title>
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| 163 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 164 | <para>
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| 165 | Displays info items relating to the VMM, device emulations and
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| 166 | associated drivers.
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| 167 | </para>
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| 168 | <para>
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| 169 | This corresponds to the <command>info</command> command in the debugger.
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| 170 | </para>
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| 171 | <variablelist>
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| 172 | <varlistentry>
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| 173 | <term><replaceable>info</replaceable></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>Name of the info item to display. The special name
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| 176 | <option>help</option> will list all the available info items and
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| 177 | hints about optional arguments.</para>
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| 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 | <varlistentry>
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| 181 | <term><replaceable>args</replaceable></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>Optional argument string for the info item handler. Most info items
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| 184 | does not take any extra arguments. Arguments not recognized are generally
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| 185 | ignored.</para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 | </variablelist>
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| 189 | </refsect2>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-injectnmi">
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| 192 | <title>debugvm injectnmi</title>
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| 193 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 194 | <para>
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| 195 | Causes a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) to be injected into the guest. This
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| 196 | might be useful for certain debugging scenarios. What happens exactly is
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| 197 | dependent on the guest operating system, but an NMI can crash the whole
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| 198 | guest operating system. Do not use unless you know what you're doing.
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| 199 | </para>
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| 200 | </refsect2>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-log">
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| 203 | <title>debugvm log</title>
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| 204 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 205 | <para>
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| 206 | Changes the group settings for either debug (<option>--debug</option>)
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| 207 | or release (<option>--release</option>) logger of the VM process.
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| 208 | </para>
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| 209 | <para>
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| 210 | The <replaceable>group-settings</replaceable> are typically strings on the form
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| 211 | <computeroutput>em.e.f.l</computeroutput>, <computeroutput>hm=~0</computeroutput>
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| 212 | and <computeroutput>-em.f</computeroutput>. Basic wildcards are supported for
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| 213 | group matching. The <computeroutput>all</computeroutput> group is an alias for
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| 214 | all the groups.
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| 215 | </para>
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| 216 | <para>
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| 217 | Please do keep in mind that the group settings are applied as modifications
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| 218 | to the current ones.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 | <para>
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| 221 | This corresponds to the <command>log</command> command in the debugger.
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 | </refsect2>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-logdest">
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| 226 | <title>debugvm logdest</title>
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| 227 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | Changes the destination settings for either debug (<option>--debug</option>)
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| 230 | or release (<option>--release</option>) logger of the VM process. For details
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| 231 | on the destination format, the best source is src/VBox/Runtime/common/log/log.cpp.
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| 232 | </para>
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| 233 | <para>
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| 234 | The <replaceable>destinations</replaceable> is one or more mnemonics, optionally
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| 235 | prefixed by "no" to disable them. Some of them take values after a ":" or "="
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| 236 | separator. Multiple mnemonics can be separated by space or given as separate
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| 237 | arguments on the command line.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | List of available destination:
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 | <variablelist>
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| 243 | <varlistentry>
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| 244 | <term><option>file[=<replaceable>file</replaceable>], nofile</option></term>
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| 245 | <listitem><para>Specifies a log file. It no filname is given, one will be
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| 246 | generated based on the current UTC time and VM process name and placed in
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| 247 | the current directory of the VM process. Note that this will currently not
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| 248 | have any effect if the log file has already been opened.
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| 249 | </para></listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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| 251 | <varlistentry>
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| 252 | <term><option>dir=<replaceable>directory</replaceable>, nodir</option></term>
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| 253 | <listitem><para>Specifies the output directory for log files. Note that this
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| 254 | will currently not have any effect if the log file has already been opened.
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| 255 | </para></listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 | <varlistentry>
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| 258 | <term><option>history=<replaceable>count</replaceable>, nohistory</option></term>
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| 259 | <listitem><para>A non-zero value enables log historization, with the value
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| 260 | specifying how many old log files to keep.
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| 261 | </para></listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 | <varlistentry>
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| 264 | <term><option>histsize=<replaceable>bytes</replaceable></option></term>
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| 265 | <listitem><para>The max size of a log file before it is historized. Default is infinite.</para></listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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| 267 | <varlistentry>
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| 268 | <term><option>histtime=<replaceable>seconds</replaceable></option></term>
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| 269 | <listitem><para>The max age (in seconds) of a log file before it is historized. Default is infinite.</para></listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 | <varlistentry>
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| 272 | <term><option>ringbuffer, noringbuffer</option></term>
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| 273 | <listitem><para>Only log to the log buffer until an explicit flush (e.g. via an assertion)
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| 274 | occurs. This is fast and saves diskspace.</para></listitem>
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| 275 | </varlistentry>
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| 276 | <varlistentry>
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| 277 | <term><option>stdout, nostdout</option></term>
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| 278 | <listitem><para>Write the log content to standard output.</para></listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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| 280 | <varlistentry>
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| 281 | <term><option>stdout, nostdout</option></term>
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| 282 | <listitem><para>Write the log content to standard error.</para></listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 | <varlistentry>
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| 285 | <term><option>debugger, nodebugger</option></term>
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| 286 | <listitem><para>Write the log content to the debugger, if supported by the host OS.</para></listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 | <varlistentry>
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| 289 | <term><option>com, nocom</option></term>
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| 290 | <listitem><para>Writes logging to the COM port. This is only applicable for raw-mode and ring-0 logging.</para></listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 | <varlistentry>
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| 293 | <term><option>user, nouser</option></term>
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| 294 | <listitem><para>Custom destination which has no meaning to VM processes..</para></listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 | </variablelist>
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| 297 | <para>
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| 298 | This corresponds to the <command>logdest</command> command in the debugger.
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| 299 | </para>
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| 300 | </refsect2>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-logflags">
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| 303 | <title>debugvm logflags</title>
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| 304 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 305 | <para>
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| 306 | Changes the flags on either debug (<option>--debug</option>) or release
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| 307 | (<option>--release</option>) logger of the VM process. Please note that the
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| 308 | modifications are applied onto the existing changes, they are not replacing them.
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 | <para>
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| 311 | The <replaceable>flags</replaceable> are a list of flag mnemonics, optionally
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| 312 | prefixed by a "no", "!", "~" or "-" to negate their meaning. The "+" prefix
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| 313 | can be used to undo previous negation or use as a separator, though better use
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| 314 | whitespace or separate arguments for that.
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| 315 | </para>
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| 316 | <para>
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| 317 | List of log flag mnemonics, with their counter form where applicable
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| 318 | (asterisk indicates defaults):
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| 319 | </para>
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| 320 | <variablelist>
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| 321 | <varlistentry>
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| 322 | <term><option>enabled*, disabled</option></term>
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| 323 | <listitem><para>Enables or disables logging.</para></listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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| 325 | <varlistentry>
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| 326 | <term><option>buffered, unbuffered*</option></term>
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| 327 | <listitem><para>Enabling buffering of log output before it hits the destinations.</para></listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 | <varlistentry>
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| 330 | <term><option>writethrough(/writethru)</option></term>
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| 331 | <listitem><para>Whether to open the destination file with writethru buffering settings or not.</para></listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 | <varlistentry>
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| 334 | <term><option>flush</option></term>
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| 335 | <listitem><para>Enables flushing of the output file (to disk) after each log statement.</para></listitem>
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| 336 | </varlistentry>
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| 337 | <!-- Prefixes -->
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| 338 | <varlistentry>
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| 339 | <term><option>lockcnts</option></term>
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| 340 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with lock counts for the current thread.</para></listitem>
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| 341 | </varlistentry>
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| 342 | <varlistentry>
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| 343 | <term><option>cpuid</option></term>
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| 344 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the ID of the current CPU.</para></listitem>
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| 345 | </varlistentry>
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| 346 | <varlistentry>
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| 347 | <term><option>pid</option></term>
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| 348 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current process ID.</para></listitem>
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| 349 | </varlistentry>
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| 350 | <varlistentry>
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| 351 | <term><option>flagno</option></term>
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| 352 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the numberic flags corresponding to the log statement.</para></listitem>
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| 353 | </varlistentry>
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| 354 | <varlistentry>
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| 355 | <term><option>flag</option></term>
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| 356 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the flag mnemonics corresponding to the log statement.</para></listitem>
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| 357 | </varlistentry>
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| 358 | <varlistentry>
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| 359 | <term><option>groupno</option></term>
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| 360 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the log group number for the log statement producing it.</para></listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 | <varlistentry>
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| 363 | <term><option>group</option></term>
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| 364 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the log group name for the log statement producing it.</para></listitem>
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| 365 | </varlistentry>
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| 366 | <varlistentry>
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| 367 | <term><option>tid</option></term>
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| 368 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current thread identifier.</para></listitem>
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| 369 | </varlistentry>
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| 370 | <varlistentry>
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| 371 | <term><option>thread</option></term>
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| 372 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current thread name.</para></listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 | <varlistentry>
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| 375 | <term><option>time</option></term>
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| 376 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current UTC wall time.</para></listitem>
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| 377 | </varlistentry>
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| 378 | <varlistentry>
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| 379 | <term><option>timeprog</option></term>
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| 380 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current monotonic time since the start of the program.</para></listitem>
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| 381 | </varlistentry>
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| 382 | <varlistentry>
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| 383 | <term><option>msprog</option></term>
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| 384 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current monotonic timestamp value in milliseconds since the start of the program.</para></listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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| 386 | <varlistentry>
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| 387 | <term><option>ts</option></term>
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| 388 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current monotonic timestamp value in nanoseconds.</para></listitem>
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| 389 | </varlistentry>
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| 390 | <varlistentry>
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| 391 | <term><option>tsc</option></term>
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| 392 | <listitem><para>Prefix each log line with the current CPU timestamp counter (TSC) value.</para></listitem>
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| 393 | </varlistentry>
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| 394 | <varlistentry>
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| 395 | <term><option>rel, abs*</option></term>
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| 396 | <listitem><para>Selects the whether <computeroutput>ts</computeroutput> and
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| 397 | <computeroutput>tsc</computeroutput> prefixes should be displayed as relative to the
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| 398 | previous log line or as absolute time.</para></listitem>
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| 399 | </varlistentry>
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| 400 | <varlistentry>
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| 401 | <term><option>hex*, dec</option></term>
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| 402 | <listitem><para>Selects the whether the <computeroutput>ts</computeroutput> and
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| 403 | <computeroutput>tsc</computeroutput> prefixes should be formatted as hexadecimal
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| 404 | or decimal.</para></listitem>
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| 405 | </varlistentry>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | <!-- Suffixes and weird stuff. -->
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| 408 | <varlistentry>
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| 409 | <term><option>custom</option></term>
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| 410 | <listitem><para>Custom log prefix, has by default no meaning for VM processes.</para></listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | <varlistentry>
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| 414 | <term><option>usecrlf, uself*</option></term>
|
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| 415 | <listitem><para>Output with DOS style (CRLF) or just UNIX style (LF) line endings.</para></listitem>
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| 416 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 417 | <varlistentry>
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| 418 | <term><option>overwrite*, append</option></term>
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| 419 | <listitem><para>Overwrite the destination file or append to it.</para></listitem>
|
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| 420 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 421 | </variablelist>
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| 422 |
|
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| 423 | <para>
|
|---|
| 424 | This corresponds to the <command>logflags</command> command in the debugger.
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| 425 | </para>
|
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| 426 | </refsect2>
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| 427 |
|
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| 428 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-osdetect">
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| 429 | <title>debugvm osdetect</title>
|
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| 430 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
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| 431 | <para>
|
|---|
| 432 | Make the VMM's debugger facility (re)-detect the guest operating system (OS).
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| 433 | This will first load all debugger plug-ins.
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| 434 | </para>
|
|---|
| 435 | <para>
|
|---|
| 436 | This corresponds to the <command>detect</command> command in the debugger.
|
|---|
| 437 | </para>
|
|---|
| 438 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 439 |
|
|---|
| 440 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-osinfo">
|
|---|
| 441 | <title>debugvm osinfo</title>
|
|---|
| 442 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 443 | <para>
|
|---|
| 444 | Displays information about the guest operating system (OS) previously
|
|---|
| 445 | detected by the VMM's debugger facility.
|
|---|
| 446 | </para>
|
|---|
| 447 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 448 |
|
|---|
| 449 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-osdmesg">
|
|---|
| 450 | <title>debugvm osdmesg</title>
|
|---|
| 451 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 452 | <para>
|
|---|
| 453 | Displays the guest OS kernel log, if detected and supported.
|
|---|
| 454 | </para>
|
|---|
| 455 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 456 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 457 | <term><option>--lines=<replaceable>lines</replaceable></option></term>
|
|---|
| 458 | <listitem><para>Number of lines of the log to display, counting from
|
|---|
| 459 | the end. The default is infinite.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 460 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 461 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 462 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 463 |
|
|---|
| 464 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-getregisters">
|
|---|
| 465 | <title>debugvm getregisters</title>
|
|---|
| 466 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 467 | <para>
|
|---|
| 468 | Retrieves register values for guest CPUs and emulated devices.
|
|---|
| 469 | </para>
|
|---|
| 470 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 471 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 472 | <term><replaceable>reg-set.reg-name</replaceable></term>
|
|---|
| 473 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 474 | <para>One of more registers, each having one of the following forms:</para>
|
|---|
| 475 | <orderedlist>
|
|---|
| 476 | <listitem><para>register-set.register-name.sub-field</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 477 | <listitem><para>register-set.register-name</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 478 | <listitem><para>cpu-register-name.sub-field</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 479 | <listitem><para>cpu-register-name</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 480 | <listitem><para>all</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 481 | </orderedlist>
|
|---|
| 482 | <para>The <replaceable>all</replaceable> form will cause all registers
|
|---|
| 483 | to be shown (no sub-fields). The registers names are case-insensitive.
|
|---|
| 484 | </para>
|
|---|
| 485 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 486 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 487 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 488 | <term><option>--cpu=<replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
|
|---|
| 489 | <listitem><para>Selects the CPU register set when specifying just a
|
|---|
| 490 | CPU register (3rd and 4th form). The default is 0.</para>
|
|---|
| 491 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 492 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 493 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 494 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 495 |
|
|---|
| 496 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-setregisters">
|
|---|
| 497 | <title>debugvm setregisters</title>
|
|---|
| 498 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 499 | <para>
|
|---|
| 500 | Changes register values for guest CPUs and emulated devices.
|
|---|
| 501 | </para>
|
|---|
| 502 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 503 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 504 | <term><replaceable>reg-set.reg-name=value</replaceable></term>
|
|---|
| 505 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 506 | <para>One of more register assignment, each having one of the following forms:</para>
|
|---|
| 507 | <orderedlist>
|
|---|
| 508 | <listitem><para>register-set.register-name.sub-field=value</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 509 | <listitem><para>register-set.register-name=value</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 510 | <listitem><para>cpu-register-name.sub-field=value</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 511 | <listitem><para>cpu-register-name=value</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 512 | </orderedlist>
|
|---|
| 513 | <para>The value format should be in the same style as what
|
|---|
| 514 | <command>getregisters</command> displays, with the exception that
|
|---|
| 515 | both octal and decimal can be used instead of hexadecimal.</para>
|
|---|
| 516 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 517 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 518 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 519 | <term><option>--cpu <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
|
|---|
| 520 | <listitem><para>Selects the CPU register set when specifying just a
|
|---|
| 521 | CPU register (3rd and 4th form). The default is 0.</para>
|
|---|
| 522 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 523 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 524 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 525 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 526 |
|
|---|
| 527 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-show">
|
|---|
| 528 | <title>debugvm show</title>
|
|---|
| 529 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 530 | <para>
|
|---|
| 531 | Shows logging settings for the VM.
|
|---|
| 532 | </para>
|
|---|
| 533 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 534 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 535 | <term><option>--human-readable</option></term>
|
|---|
| 536 | <listitem><para>Selects human readable output.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 537 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 538 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 539 | <term><option>--sh-export</option></term>
|
|---|
| 540 | <listitem><para>Selects output format as bourne shell style <command>export</command> commands.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 541 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 542 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 543 | <term><option>--sh-eval</option></term>
|
|---|
| 544 | <listitem><para>Selects output format as bourne shell style <command>eval</command> command input.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 545 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 546 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 547 | <term><option>--cmd-set</option></term>
|
|---|
| 548 | <listitem><para>Selects output format as DOS style <command>SET</command> commands.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 549 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 550 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 551 | <term><replaceable>settings-item</replaceable></term>
|
|---|
| 552 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 553 | <para>What to display. One or more of the following:</para>
|
|---|
| 554 | <itemizedlist>
|
|---|
| 555 | <listitem><para>logdbg-settings - debug log settings.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 556 | <listitem><para>logrel-settings - release log settings.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 557 | <listitem><para>log-settings - alias for both debug and release log settings.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 558 | </itemizedlist>
|
|---|
| 559 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 560 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 561 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 562 |
|
|---|
| 563 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 564 |
|
|---|
| 565 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-debugvm-statistics">
|
|---|
| 566 | <title>debugvm statistics</title>
|
|---|
| 567 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
|
|---|
| 568 | <para>
|
|---|
| 569 | Displays or resets VMM statistics.
|
|---|
| 570 | </para>
|
|---|
| 571 | <para>
|
|---|
| 572 | Retrieves register values for guest CPUs and emulated devices.
|
|---|
| 573 | </para>
|
|---|
| 574 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 575 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 576 | <term><option>--pattern=<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term>
|
|---|
| 577 | <listitem><para>DOS/NT-style wildcards patterns for selecting statistics. Multiple
|
|---|
| 578 | patterns can be specified by using the '|' (pipe) character as separator.</para>
|
|---|
| 579 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 580 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 581 | <varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 582 | <term><option>--reset</option></term>
|
|---|
| 583 | <listitem><para>Select reset instead of display mode.</para></listitem>
|
|---|
| 584 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 585 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 586 |
|
|---|
| 587 | </refsect2>
|
|---|
| 588 |
|
|---|
| 589 | </refsect1>
|
|---|
| 590 |
|
|---|
| 591 | </refentry>
|
|---|
| 592 |
|
|---|
| 593 |
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