[Lazarus] gdb problems on ubtuntu 19.10

[Martin Frb]

On 01/11/2019 02:27, Anthony Walter via lazarus wrote:
> I know this problem is not entirely Lazarus related, but I'm hoping 
> someone here might be able to provide some insight.
>
> On a fresh install of Ubuntu 19.10 when running projects from Lazarus 
> with gdb debugging, any and all projects take anywhere from 20 to 30 
> seconds to become interactive after a project has been compiled and 
> run. That is, the visual forms either do not appear when running, or 
> appear but an unresponsive for 20-30 seconds. If I run without the 
> debugger the programs start almost instantly.
>
> When I run the same program from a terminal using gdb manually, I get 
> the same unresponsive delay.
>
> Does anyone know what the problem might be and how to fix it? I've 
> done a little google foo searching and have come up empty.
>

Don't know, but maybe a guess and a question.

Does gdb output anything during this time?

GDB loads info about libraries used (watch mem usage), though over 20 
secs seems long
   set auto-solib-add off

There may be other such hidden work of gdb, but I wouldn't be aware of 
it.... (there is follow forks, but that must be off)

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If you strip the executable, and then run it in gdb what happens? You 
can't debug, obviously. But gdb has less work to do.