On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 10:18:01AM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > The usage message suggests that when attaching to a process an > executable image should be specified. This is useless and actually > harmful, gdb can only load symbols if an executable is *not* specified.
The usage message is correct. GDB can be run with or without an executable file when attaching. > IPX7A-ION:/home/hramrach# gdb /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/Xorg 2921 That's the wrong file. Use the program that was actually run; the files in /usr/lib/debug are special, and GDB will load them automatically. If you use gdb /usr/bin/Xorg does it work better? > Attaching to process 2921 > > Reading symbols from /usr/bin/Xorg...Reading symbols from > /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/Xorg...done. As you can see here, GDB loads /usr/bin/Xorg first when told to find the file. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
