I followed the order you mentioned from a console window set args [command line arguments from use of writelauncher] tb main set breakpoint pending on run
at this point the symbols for libgnashbase-trunk.so were not loaded and when I set a pending breakpoint with the br command it still does not get hit. What else am I missing at what point are the symbols for libgnashbase-trunk.so loaded in your scenario? Thanks Dennis On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 11:07 -0600, Rob Savoye wrote: > On 09/07/09 10:21, dww wrote: > > I am trying to debug gtk-gnash to become more familiar with the code and > > gain experience with gdb debugging. > > > > I was trying to set breakpoints in IOChannel.cpp > > I first did a > > symbol-file /usr/local/lib/gnash/libgnashbase-trunk.so > > then I set breakpoint in IOChannel.cpp > > Loading the symbol table isn't going to do it. To test an installed > gnash, run GDB on the gtk-gnash (or kde4-gnash, etc...) executable. Use > the GDB command "set args" to specify the command line for Gnash, > including the name of the swf file you are running. Then it'll work. I > use ".gdbinit" files to set the default commands for Gnash when > debugging, including doing a "tb main" followed by "run", which loads > the symbol table making setting breakpoints easier. Otherwise just > answer "y" when GDB prompts you about setting a breakpoint in a > dynamically loaded library. > > - rob - > > _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list Gnash-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
