[Lazarus] GDB and threads

[Ludo Brands]

On 06/01/2013 10:34 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using the latest lazarus, and I start getting the error:
> 
> Cannot find new threads: generic error
> 
> Looking for this message on internet I find that I can specify to gdb
> which threading library to use, using a command similar to
> 
> set env LD_PRELOAD /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
> 
> (the exact value depends on the system you use)
> 
> I put this in my .gdbinit, so it would be used always, but now I find that
> this file is not being read because Lazarus specifies -nx to gdb.
> 
> How can I solve this ?
> 
> Quite a bummer if you can't debug during a FPC hackathon :(
> 
> Michael.
> 

in tools/debugger/general enter

-ex "set env LD_PRELOAD /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 "

in Debugger_Startup_Options.

Happy hacking;)

Ludo