Hi Tamas,

Thanks for the advice. I tried using MPLAB in a winXP VM, but it's too
slow. I can run MPLAB via wine at reasonably speed, but I think my
host machine is just not up to running XP in a VM.
I think a new PC may be on the cards!

Matt


On 12 May 2010 21:11, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI Matt,
>
> I am storing everything in shared folders, so virtually every data file is
> stored natively on linux where I can use all linux tools including CVS. Then
> from time to time I revert to snapshot to get rid of crapware, crimeware and
> malware... So that it does not affect (hopefully) my data files but the
> program files and win settings -- I can start from a clean stage whenever I
> want. Usually btw I do not even let Win box to access to the net so it is
> pretty safe from online crime even not using AV products.
>
> Tamas
>
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Matt Callow <mc-lists@tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tamas,
>>
>> i was considering using vmware to do the same thing. I've just been
>> put off by the MPLAB interface and the requirement to share files
>> between linux and the vmware image. But I think I'll pursue this
>> further.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>> On 12 May 2010 16:01, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Matt,
>> >
>> > I use VirtualBox and Windows XP as a guest OS + MPLAB of course to do
>> that.
>> > Works quite reliable for me. I gave up struggling with anything else than
>> > MPLAB, found no better alternatives + debugging works well.
>> >
>> > Tamas
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Matt Callow <mc-lists@tesco.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> Are there any solutions for debugging using the pickit2 under Linux?
>> >> All of the Linux tools I have found either a) only allow programming
>> >> (no debug) or b) only support pickit2 v1.x firmware
>> >>
>> >> I've been looking at the pickit2 protocol and scripts and it looks
>> >> like it would be possible to get the debug facilities working, but I'd
>> >> like to know what existing tools are available.
>> >>
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