> While I was trying to debug mysql, I found that gdb doesn't seem to want to > work.. > > Is this a known bug as well? I'm not sure wether or not this is an issue > with linux/ppc right now... > > gdb mysqld > [gdb output] > (gdb) run > Starting program: /usr/local/libexec/mysqld > Don't know how to run. Try "help target". > ... > > btw, this bug that mysql is experiencing seems to be related to glibc 2.1 and > non-intel machines. According to some earlier posts mysql used to work with > older libc libraries. Also according to some mailing list posts, 32-bit > sparc machines are affected by this bug. > > now if gdb only worked....
Could you test it with DDD ?