Article # 504, added by Geoworks, historical record
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Mismanaging breakpoints in Swat causes crash.



Q. Sometimes when I detach in Swat, then reattach, I get the
   'Geos exited' message and a prompt, but I can't type anything.
   I then have to end the task in Windows, or reset the machine
   if I'm running Swat from the DOS prompt.

A. The problem here is most likely that you are using software
   breaks. To solve this, don't do anything with the breaks while
   you are detached from the target computer. Here's what you
   shouldn't do:

     det
     brk delete 5-
     att

   This will cause Swat to lockup. Instead, do this:

     det
     att
     CTRL-C
     brk delete 5-

   The other problem is that if you leave Swat doing nothing
   while it's detached, it will do the garbage collection. This
   seems to make it do the 'Geos exited' error. If it does the
   garbage collection while it's attached, that seems to be okay.