Re: gdb not working in emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:05:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: cplum984@gmail.com
> Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:05:00 +0000
> 
> I've been using gdb within xemacs for 17 years without issues. Switch over to 
> emacs and it just hangs. I do the usual "M-x gdb", get prompted for the app 
> to debug, press return, and the gdb buffer pops right up. I get the normal 
> gdb preamble and then the "(gdb)" prompt. Up until this point everything is 
> just like with xeamcs. However, anything I type just hangs. Even "help". C-c 
> C-c gets me out of it. This is on the same machine I use xemacs+gdb on. Any 
> ideas/suggestions?

I'm guessing your GDB is too old.  Either upgrade, or invoke GDB with
"M-x gud-gdb", which will use the old interface.