How to get logcat dump of the device..

[Monu Tripathi]

When I connect the device to the USB port and type:

adb -d logcat I get,

- Waiting for device –
Error: more than once device and emulator and the prompt hangs.

Is there any thing wrong with the command?

Thanks.

[Mark L. Murphy]

You have both an emulator running and the device plugged in. Your choices are:

-- Turn off the emulator

-- Pass the -s switch to adb to tell it which device to use

[Monu Tripathi]

Mark L. Murphy wrote:You have both an emulator running and the device plugged in. Your choices are:

-- Turn off the emulator

-- Pass the -s switch to adb to tell it which device to use

Thanks for your reply ..

I chose adb -d switch for the same reason. The help on it reads:
-d - directs command to the only connected USB device.Returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator. Returns an error if more than one emulator is running.

Did I interpret it incorrectly?

Thanks.

[Mark L. Murphy]

I actually had not noticed the -d and -e switches. Given the error message you are receiving, I suspect they are not working properly.

To be honest, I usually turn off the emulator when I start using the device, so I have not used any of those switches much.

[Adrian Vintu]

Here is a tool to enhance your logcat experience
Windows link http://adrianvintu.com/blogengine/post/Colored-Logcat-Script-for-Windows.aspx
Linux link http://jsharkey.org/blog/2009/04/22/modifying-the-android-logcat-stream-for-full-color-debugging/

BR,

Adrian Vintu