Re: [cdt-dev] Eclipse CDT generated C++ binary works outside Eclipse and

[abhimenon <abhi.menon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guess what... This works just fine when I used MinGW instead of Cygwin
Although it must be noted that I had to download gdb for MinGW separately

After which in the Debugger section I chose MinGW gdb, which was also
pointing to the correct location.


abhimenon wrote:
> 
> So as I mentioned in my post before, 
> Under
> Debug->Open Debug Dialog->Debugger(tab)->Debugger
> I have the 4 options I mentioned before. Which one should I choose?
> 1.Cygwin gdb debugger
> 2.gdb debugger
> 3. gdb/mi
> 4.gdbserver debugger
> ?
> 
> Thanks..
> 
> 
> subs-6 wrote:
>> 
>> this is normally because it can't find 'gdb'. You need to edit the name 
>> of the debugger in the debug configuration dialog.
>> 
>> abhimenon wrote:
>>> Eclipse CDT 3.3.2 on Windows Vista; Cygwin installed with g++, make,
>>> pdb.
>>> I created a simple C++ project that prints out "hello world". It
>>> compiles
>>> fine and generates a binary. When I try to debug or run this binary from
>>> the
>>> Eclipse IDE I get the error "Exec Error: Launching failed". When I
>>> double
>>> click on the binary through Windows explorer it runs fine.
>>> I checked my configurations for the executable, in there under Debugger
>>> I
>>> have the following options 
>>> Cygwin gdb debugger
>>> gdb debugger
>>> gdb/mi
>>> gdbserver debugger
>>> 
>>> I tried all four and get the same negative results with each.
>>> 
>>> What is going on? is it a problem with pdb / eclipse / cygwin
>>> 
>>> help!
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> abhimenon
>> 
>> 
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