That issue came back either with the updates of the last month, up to Feb. 2015 it was possible to use gdb without any hazzle:
output snippet from today: ... Reading symbols from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 0x00007f06702a882d in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 81 ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19-gdb.py", line 63, in <module> from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers ImportError: No module named 'libstdcxx' ... ||/ Name Version Architektur Beschreibung +++-==========================-==================-==================-========================================================= ii gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14. amd64 GNU Debugger ii libstdc++6:amd64 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14. amd64 GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952999 Title: gdb crashed with ImportError in /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/i386-linux- gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.16-gdb.py: No module named libstdcxx.v6.printers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/952999/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs