gdb: “No symbol table is loaded”

Question

I keep getting this error mesage when trying to add a breakpoint in gdb.

I\'ve used these commands to compile:

gcc -g main.c utmpib2.c -o main.o
and:         


        

Answer 1

You have to add extra parameter -g, which generates source level debug information. It will look like:

gcc -g prog.c

After that you can use gdb in common way.