Bulk Launch Window Options

The fields within the File > Preferences's Bulk Launch Page lets you change the bulk launch command, disable bulk launch, and alter connection timeouts used by TotalView when it launches tvdsvr programs.

The following dialog box shows this page.

File > Preferences Bulk Launch Page

Enable debug server bulk launch

If the check box is selected, TotalView will bulk launch the TotalView Debugger Server (tvdsvr). By default, bulk launch is disabled.

Command

If bulk launch is enabled, TotalView will use this command to launch tvdsvr. For information on this command and its options, see Bulk Server Launch on an SGI MIPs Machine and Bulk Server Launch on an IBM RS/6000 AIX Machine.

Temporary File Prototypes

These six fields let you create temporary files in bulk launch operations. For information on these fields, see TotalView Debugger Server (tvdsvr) Command Syntax.

Connection Timeout (in seconds)

After TotalView launches tvdsvr processes, it waits 20 seconds (the Base time) plus 10 seconds for each server that it will launch for responses from successfully connected processes. (The text boxes let you change these values.) If connections are not made in this time, TotalView times out.  

The Base timeout value can be from 1 to 3600 seconds (1 hour). The incremental Plus value is from 1 to 360 seconds. You can preset these values using TotalView preferences. See the online help for more information.

If you notice that TotalView fails to launch tvdsvr (as shown in the xterm window from which you started the debugger) before the timeout expires, select Yes in the Question dialog box that will appear.

Defaults

If you make a mistake or decide you want to go back to TotalView's default settings, select this button.