Re: GDB, pthreads, and kernel threads

Robert Hancock
2005-05-19T00:14:55Z

John Clark wrote:
> I built the latest GDB-6.3, as well as rebuilt glibc-2.3.5, and now when
> I step through the
> main code line, which creates the tasks (I'm using the pthreads.c from
> the GDB testsuite), I do
> not getany output from:
>
> info threads
>
> When I set a break point on the entry point of one of the
> soon-to-be-created threads,
> I get a diagnostic message:
>
> Program terminated with signal SIGTRAP, Trace/Breakpoint trap.
> The program no longer exists.

Are you sure your glibc and gdb were both configured to support threads
when they were compiled?

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