Good day of work. I can finally debug with Tomcat and Netbeans. The
procedure is poorly documented, on Debian you need to modify the file
/etc/default/tomcat4like so:
CATALINA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true \ -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE \ -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=8000"
Restart Tomcat, in Netbeans go the menu and select Start Session then
Attach session. Set an obvious breakpoint and you should be all set!
| Snapshot of the Netbeans debugging dialog box |