Excerpts from Daniel Jacobowitz's message of Thu Aug 12 18:42:17 +0200 2010: > 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?
Yes, it works better. However, the file which is normally executed is /usr/bin/X and running gdb with that does not work either. Obviously it is also the wrong file. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org