[Qt-creator] qtc/gdb wooes

[Christian Gagneraud]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 09:53, André Pönitz <apoenitz at t-online.de> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 11:27:56AM +1300, Christian Gagneraud wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > QtC is behaving very strangely when trying to debug a remote linux app.
> > My qmake project is a very simple demo, i just have a main.cpp,
> > application.cpp and mainwindow.cpp, cross compiled to arm-linux using
> > custom toolchains, custom gdb too.
> >
> > When I insert a breakpoint, gdb doesn't stop on it. and QtC is lost.
> > Clicking on the breakpoint in the debugger 'breakpoints' view gives me
> > a error popup:
> >
> > Could not open ""/home/chgans/Projects/bolt-demos/embedded/mainwindow.cpp":48"
> > for reading. Either the file does not exist or you do not have the
> > permissions to open it.
>
> Please open a bug report at bugreports.qt.io and attach the debugger
> log (Contents of right pane of Windows->Views->Debugger Log) taken
> at a time when this breakpoint is not hit.

Thanks, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-21960

> > I checked the 'Global debugger log' view, but didn't find clue.
> > Is there a way to activate some QtC internal logging?
>
> There is no extra debugger logging except for the debugger log.

That's a pity, i find it very hard to troubleshoot QtC when having
issues related to gdb.
And going through the "Global Debugger Logs" is not straight forward.
Do you have a pretty-printer for these logs? There seems to be special
markers in the first few columns