[vbox-dev] Debugging VirtualBox

[Xabier Ugarte Pedrero]

Hello,

I am trying to develop a Java application to debug VirtualBox, using the 
xpcom interface. I have read the SDK reference, and I found the 
specifications for the IMachineDebugger interface. This interface has 
methods for checking and modifying register values, memory space, and 
even for enabling or disabling single step execution, but I cannot find 
any method to execute instructions in a single-step way (equivalent to 
the 't' command in the debugger console).

I thought about opening the v.m. in debug mode and using the telnet 
debugger on port 5000 (to code a gateway class to manage it from Java), 
but I cannot connect to that port in any way.

The version I am using is VirtualBox 4.0.8 r71778.

My questions are:

Is debugging on port 5000 disabled?
Is there any way to execute instructions in single step mode from Java 
xpcom or any other programming interface?

Thank you in advance.

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