Debugging mono applications directly on ARM target

Question

I've recently installed Mono on a BeagleBone embedded ARM device, looking to connect a Kinnect sensor by USB and control it with C#/Mono

I'm wondering, does Mono (I'm using MonoDevelop but I guess this question also applies to VS) allow you to develop locally and then debug the code against a remote target? If so how can this be accomplished?

I've heard that the Soft Debugger might be what I need but after poking around in the configuration and having a look at the docs I can't find what I need....

Thanks!

Answer 1

Monodevelop can debug remote targets if you have networking going. before launching monodevelop you need to set the environment variable:

MONODEVELOP_SDB_TEST=1

Then when you launch MD you'll have "Custom Mono Soft Debugger" as a "Debug With" option.

On the remote host, launch your debug target like so (I'm assuming it has a shell):

mono --debug \
--debugger-agent=transport=dt_socket,address=0.0.0.0:12345,server=y \
myprogram.exe

In Mono develop, set your breakpoints and then input the IP address of your target machine and the port number above and click Connect. That should break into the debugger remotely.