Re: [linuxtools-dev] Can't get manual oprofile to work

[Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/09/2011 02:14 PM, Roland Grunberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried to test the manual oprofile but I couldn't make it work. The
> > help documentation doesn't give me clear instruction on how to run it
> > properly, so I might be missing something here. Steps to reproduce the
> > problem I am facing:
> >
> > 1- Profile as ->  Profile with Oprofile (Manual)
> > 2- Control dialog pop-up. Hit 'Start daemon'
> > 3- Hit 'Reset session'. The message "No profiling data is on the
> > system"
> > is shown on oprofile output panel.
> >
> > I see following error on eclipse log:
> >
> > !ENTRY org.eclipse.linuxtools.oprofile.core 4 0 2011-09-09
> > 13:57:35.090
> > !MESSAGE opreport process error output: opreport error: No sample file
> > found: try running opcontrol --dump
> > or specify a session containing sample files
> Once you have started the daemon, you need to right click on your project and
> run it. After that you should be able to see some samples having been collected.
> If not, try stopping the Daemon and check again. The 'Reset session' button just
> clears out the current session data. This is confirmed by the error, indicating
> no samples were found.
>
> The basic workflow would be something like Start, Run Binary, Refresh, Stop or
> Start, Run Binary, Stop, Refresh.
>
> Hope this helps,

Yes, I got it. I made some tests, it works perfect.

I've include the basic workflow in the Oprofile user guide: 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Linux_Tools_Project/OProfile/User_Guide#Manual_Profile

Thanks,

Wainer