Re: [Ltib] gdb error

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

Ken,

On the host end you need to set:

   set solib-absolute-prefix  /a/b/c/d

in order for the local system to find the shared libs that the target
app was built against.

Check out the gdb documentation on remote debugging.


-Joseph

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On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 14:55 -0400, Ken Gilmer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   I've compiled gdb for my target environment and am  trying to debug a 
> program on my target device.  When I try to run a program from gdb I'm 
> getting the following error:
> 
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> Error while reading shared library symbols:
> Cannot find new threads: capability not available
> 
>  Here is what gdb says when it starts:
> 
> mx31# gdb
> GNU gdb 6.4
> Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain 
> conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "arm-none-linux-gnueabi".
> 
>   Is this a problem with gdb or the program I'm trying to debug? 
> TIA
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
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