Changeset 32741 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Sep 23, 2010 11:21:52 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

66181

Message:

Made the GUI check if GUI/Dbg/{Enabled,AutoShow} is in {yes,no,true,false,on,off,enabled,disabled,veto} when figuring out if a debugger gui option is true or false.

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml

@@ -179 +179 @@
         </itemizedlist></para>
 
-      <para>The debugger can be enabled in two ways:<itemizedlist>
+      <para>The debugger can be enabled in three ways:<itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
             <para>Start the <computeroutput>VirtualBox</computeroutput>
@@ -194 +194 @@
             <computeroutput>VBOX_GUI_DBG_ENABLED</computeroutput> or
             <computeroutput>VBOX_GUI_DBG_AUTO_SHOW</computeroutput>
-            environment variable to an arbitrary value before launching the
-            VirtualBox process. Setting these variables (only their presence
-            is checked) is effective even when the first VirtualBox process is
-            the VM selector window. VMs subsequently launched from the
-            selector will have the debugger enabled.</para>
-          </listitem>
+            environment variable to <computeroutput>true</computeroutput> 
+            before launching the VirtualBox process. Setting these variables 
+            (only their presence is checked) is effective even when the first
+            VirtualBox process is the VM selector window. VMs subsequently 
+            launched from the selector will have the debugger enabled.</para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>Set the
+            <computeroutput>GUI/Dbg/Enabled</computeroutput> extra data item to
+            <computeroutput>true</computeroutput> before launching the
+            VM.  This can be set globally or on a per VM basis.</para>
+          </listitem>
+
         </itemizedlist></para>