[Qt-creator] Error while trying to debug with qt-creator (1.2 branch) and Cdb

[Eike Ziller]

Hi,

On Jun 14, 2009, at 11:07 PM, ext Justus Best wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first posting to this list and I hope I'm able to make  
> clear
> what my problem is. If not don't hesitate to ask.
>
> After I updated qt-creator to the latest version (1.2 branch from  
> public
> git repo), I'm experiencing problems to debug my project with the Cdb
> debugger. If I try to start the debugging process I get following  
> error
> messages.
>
> "Der Start des Gdb-Prozesses schlug fehl. Entweder fehlt die  
> ausführbare
> Datei 'gdb.exe' oder die Berechtigungen sind nicht ausreichend."
> (my english translation for this error is something like
> Starting Gdb-Process faild. Executable missing or not authorized ...)
>
> "Der Debugger konnte nicht gestartet werden: Das Starten des Prozesses
> schlug fehl"
> (Unable to start debugger)
>
> The strange thing is that debugging with cdb works with a new project
> but not with my existing ones. QT-Creator is compiled with MSCVC 9.  
> And
> I have a cdb preference page. Maybe its just an erronous error  
> message ?
> If you need any more information let me know.

Qt Creator looks at the executable file to find out if it was compiled  
with msvc or mingw. The above message reveals that it thinks that your  
executable is compiled with mingw. Did you do a complete recompile of  
your existing projects, using a msvc compiled Qt?

Best regards, Eike

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