Basic problem with symbol server

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I am using WinDbg 6.1.0017.2 and I am having problems downloading symbols.
Here is what I get:

kd> !sym noisy
noisy mode - symbol prompts on
kd> .reload ntoskrnl.exe
DBGHELP:
D:\websymbols\ntoskrnl.pdb\8592B6763F34476B9BB560395A383F962\ntoskrnl.pdb -
file system or network error reading pdb
DBGHELP: ntoskrnl.pdb - file not found

The symbol path is configured as follows:

SRV*D:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

Under D:\websymbols, are a bunch of .pdb files with a size of 2K each. I
opened one up and found out they are actually HTML files and their contents
show “HTTP 404 - The page cannot be found”.

I cannot ping msdl.microsoft.com successfully. I do have an working
internet connection, of course.

As far as I can tell, this has never worked correctly.

Takin

2

Good information. First of all, you should definitely upgrade your
windbg. 6.1.17 is pretty old. I recommend the 6.4.4 beta, at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx

Next, send the !sym noisy output information for ‘.reload /o /f
ntoskenl.exe’. The /o will ignore what is in the cache, and hopefully
either work, or at least give us a reasonable error to work with. Since
you said this never worked, you may also want to just remove
d:\websymbols completely.

Jason

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Nili-Esfahani
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:13 AM
To: Kernel Debugging Interest List
Subject: [windbg] Basic problem with symbol server

I am using WinDbg 6.1.0017.2 and I am having problems downloading
symbols.
Here is what I get:

kd> !sym noisy
noisy mode - symbol prompts on
kd> .reload ntoskrnl.exe
DBGHELP:
D:\websymbols\ntoskrnl.pdb\8592B6763F34476B9BB560395A383F962\ntoskrnl.pd
b -
file system or network error reading pdb
DBGHELP: ntoskrnl.pdb - file not found

The symbol path is configured as follows:

SRV*D:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

Under D:\websymbols, are a bunch of .pdb files with a size of 2K each.
I
opened one up and found out they are actually HTML files and their
contents
show “HTTP 404 - The page cannot be found”.

I cannot ping msdl.microsoft.com successfully. I do have an working
internet connection, of course.

As far as I can tell, this has never worked correctly.

Takin

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I recomend you load the windbg in a different directory. The newer windbg
have a different interface, some people think it is ok, but a lot of us hate
it very much.

–
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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“Jason Shay” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@windbg…
Good information. First of all, you should definitely upgrade your
windbg. 6.1.17 is pretty old. I recommend the 6.4.4 beta, at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx

Next, send the !sym noisy output information for ‘.reload /o /f
ntoskenl.exe’. The /o will ignore what is in the cache, and hopefully
either work, or at least give us a reasonable error to work with. Since
you said this never worked, you may also want to just remove
d:\websymbols completely.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Takin
Nili-Esfahani
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:13 AM
To: Kernel Debugging Interest List
Subject: [windbg] Basic problem with symbol server

I am using WinDbg 6.1.0017.2 and I am having problems downloading
symbols.
Here is what I get:

kd> !sym noisy
noisy mode - symbol prompts on
kd> .reload ntoskrnl.exe
DBGHELP:
D:\websymbols\ntoskrnl.pdb\8592B6763F34476B9BB560395A383F962\ntoskrnl.pd
b -
file system or network error reading pdb
DBGHELP: ntoskrnl.pdb - file not found

The symbol path is configured as follows:

SRVD:\websymbolshttp://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

Under D:\websymbols, are a bunch of .pdb files with a size of 2K each.
I
opened one up and found out they are actually HTML files and their
contents
show “HTTP 404 - The page cannot be found”.

I cannot ping msdl.microsoft.com successfully. I do have an working
internet connection, of course.

As far as I can tell, this has never worked correctly.

Takin

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Upgrading to 6.4.4.3 fixed the problem. Thanks.

“Jason Shay” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@windbg…
Good information. First of all, you should definitely upgrade your
windbg. 6.1.17 is pretty old. I recommend the 6.4.4 beta, at
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx

Next, send the !sym noisy output information for ‘.reload /o /f
ntoskenl.exe’. The /o will ignore what is in the cache, and hopefully
either work, or at least give us a reasonable error to work with. Since
you said this never worked, you may also want to just remove
d:\websymbols completely.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Takin
Nili-Esfahani
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:13 AM
To: Kernel Debugging Interest List
Subject: [windbg] Basic problem with symbol server

I am using WinDbg 6.1.0017.2 and I am having problems downloading
symbols.
Here is what I get:

kd> !sym noisy
noisy mode - symbol prompts on
kd> .reload ntoskrnl.exe
DBGHELP:
D:\websymbols\ntoskrnl.pdb\8592B6763F34476B9BB560395A383F962\ntoskrnl.pd
b -
file system or network error reading pdb
DBGHELP: ntoskrnl.pdb - file not found

The symbol path is configured as follows:

SRVD:\websymbolshttp://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

Under D:\websymbols, are a bunch of .pdb files with a size of 2K each.
I
opened one up and found out they are actually HTML files and their
contents
show “HTTP 404 - The page cannot be found”.

I cannot ping msdl.microsoft.com successfully. I do have an working
internet connection, of course.

As far as I can tell, this has never worked correctly.

Takin

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