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Re: gdb doesn't show all threads, but gdbserver does
Really?
Why your gdbserver can be use? Is it static link?
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 05:17, N. van Bolhuis <nvbolhuis@aimvalley.nl> wrote:
> Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM, N. van Bolhuis <nvbolhuis@aimvalley.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In fact I did just that. I didn't mention it since it's there
>>> (libthread_db.so.1 is loaded into gdb) so this is not the issue.
>>
>> Hmm, I wonder if the "stripped libpthread.so.0" struck again.
>>
>> Could you please do 'ldd /mnt/norbert/mainctrl.exe' on target,
>> note which libpthread.so.0 it is using, and then
>>
>> nm /path/to/libpthread.so.0 | egrep '_version|pthread_threads_events'
>>
>> If this shows 'no symbols', you have stripped libpthread.so.0 on
>> target (but not on host). Don't do that. Do "strip --strip-debug"
>> instead.
>>
>
> aha, that must be it. I did (fully) strip all libraries on target.
>
> yes if I do "strip --strip-debug" it works.
>
> thanks a lot!
>
> I did not realize gdb needs libpthread debug symbols to "discover"
> threads.
> Hmm, if I think about it I still not fully understand why.
> Anyway it work now and I'm happy.
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