Re: Running M-x gdb hangs emacs

[Zhongwei Yao]

Emacs -Q still has same problem. But upgrading to Emacs 24.4.1 fixes my
problem (without upgrading gdb). Thanks!

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Zhongwei

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:45:08 +0800
> > From: Zhongwei Yao <ashi08104@gmail.com>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >
> > gud-gdb works. And my Emacs version is 24.3.1.
> >
> > But how can I get the fancy gdb interface back in Emacs with gud-gdb?
> Thanks!
>
> You can't have the fancy UI with gud-gdb.  My suggestion was an
> attempt to see if the problem is caused by the use of the GDB/MI
> interface.  It sounds like it is.
>
> Does it help to use "M-x gdb" from "emacs -Q"?  If in "emacs -Q" you
> see no problems, then look into your customizations or your site init
> file for the reasons for the hang.
>
> If that doesn't help, I'd suggest to upgrade to the latest GDB (7.8.2
> was just released) and to the latest Emacs 24.4.  The reason is that I
> don't see any problems with those latest versions in your usage
> scenario.
>
> If upgrading doesn't help, please submit a full bug report with all
> the details using "M-x report-emacs-bug".
>
>