I have the same problem, downgraded to the gdb 7.5 from Ubuntu 12.10. Notice the following Qt Creator bug report, it is said that it is "caused by the GDB regressions" and "there is not much Qt Creator can do here".
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-9576 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1175276 Title: gdb-7.6 hangs in qtcreator-2.7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1175276/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs