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Re: gdbserver couldn't find thread library
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Frank Chen <frankxchen at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:33:38 -0500
- Subject: Re: gdbserver couldn't find thread library
- References: <20060220031628.35250.qmail@web34705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 07:16:28PM -0800, Frank Chen wrote:
> I am debugging a multi-threaded program using
> gdbserver. The function call to td_ta_new in
> thread_db_init() (in thread_db.c) returns
> TD_NOLIBTHREAD. And the program does not run properly
> afterwards.
>
> However, when I debug the same program locally using
> gdb, it works fine. The gdb displays the following
> message during start up.
>
> Using host libthread_db library
> "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1"
>
> Since this is a UI program, running gdb locally
> doesn't work. I would like to use the gdbserver. It
> seems that I need to point gdbserver to the above
> location for the thread library. Could someone tell me
> how to do that?
You need to point GDB at the exact same versions of libraries that you
are using on the machine running gdbserver. I recommend using
"set solib-absolute-prefix". If you're still having trouble, and you
can't find an answer in the list archives, please show us exactly what
commands you are using.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery