[fpc-devel] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 x64 AMD Debugging multi-threaded system impossible

[Jonas Maebe]

On 03 Feb 2010, at 04:57, Jonathan wrote:

> Andrew Brunner <andrew.t.brunner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Problem solved: Project options for debugging (at least under Ubuntu
>> x64) required extra information file...
>>
>> Project Options,
>> Compiler Options,
>> Linking,
>> Debugging: Check Use external gdb debug symbols file (-Xg)
>>
>> Fixed my GDB resulting in X-Windows desktop manager crash for Ubuntu
>> X64 on trace.
>
> That is good to know, I was using the guide at http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multithreaded_Application_Tutorial 
> .
> Maybe you could update it please?

If you do so, please only mention it is as a tip that apparently might  
help if you have problems. There is no reason why using an external  
debug file should make any difference whatsoever, regardless of  
whether you are debugging a single or multi-threaded program.


Jonas