[news.eclipse.newcomer] java.lang.NullPointerException when running debu

[Richard Chiles <rchiles@xxxxxxx>]

The debugger is throwing a java.lang.NullPointer.Exception when starting the debug session.  

I have created a simple HelloWorld app.
I am running Cygwin on Windows.  

Below is the output from the console window.  It appears gdb is exiting prematurely.  

As a check, I ran gdb on the application outside of Eclipse and had not problems.

Console Window Output
29-gdb-set confirm off
29^done
(gdb) 
30-gdb-set width 0
30^done
(gdb) 
31-gdb-set height 0
31^done
(gdb) 
32-interpreter-exec console echo
32^done
(gdb) 
33-gdb-show prompt
33^done,value="(gdb) "
(gdb) 
34-gdb-set auto-solib-add on
34^done
(gdb) 
35-gdb-set stop-on-solib-events 0
35^done
(gdb) 
36-gdb-set stop-on-solib-events 1
36^done
(gdb) 
37-gdb-set new-console on
37^done
(gdb) 
38-environment-cd C:\workspace\HelloWorld
38^done
(gdb) 
39-environment-directory C:/workspace/HelloWorld
39^done,source-path="C:/workspace/HelloWorld:$cdir:$cwd"
(gdb) 
40 info threads
&"info threads\n"
&"No registers.\n"
40^error,msg="No registers."
41-data-list-register-names
(gdb) 
41^done,register-names=["eax","ecx","edx","ebx","esp ","ebp","esi","edi","eip","eflags","cs","ss","ds ","es","fs","gs","st0","st1","st2","st3","st4 ","st5","st6","st7","fctrl","fstat","ftag","fiseg ","fioff","foseg","fooff","fop","xmm0","xmm1","xmm2 ","xmm3","xmm4","xmm5","xmm6","xmm7","mxcsr","mm0 ","mm1","mm2","mm3","mm4","mm5","mm6","mm7"]
(gdb)