Could not determine GDB version after sending: arm-none-eabi-gdb --version, response:

Question

I'm trying to debug a project on Kinetis Design Studio with GDB PEMicro Interface Debugging but I get this error: 'Launching myProject' has encountered a problem. Could not determine GDB version after sending: arm-none-eabi-gdb --version, response:

I formatted my computer there is a few days. And a had other computer to the same settings and it worked well.

My settings:

Eclipse Preferences -> C/C++ -> Build -> Global Tools Paths

• Build tools folder: (empty)
• Default toolchain: GNU Tools for ARM Embedded
• Toolchain folder: /opt/Freescale/KDS_v3/toolchain/bin

Eclipse Preferences -> C/C++ -> Build -> Workspace Tools Paths

• Build tools folder: empty
• Default toolchain: Global default
• Toolchain folder: empty

Project properties -> C/C++ Build -> Tools Paths

• empty

Project properties -> C/C++ Build -> Settings -> Toolchains

• Name: GNU Tools for ARM Embedded
• Architecture: ARM
• Prefix: arm-none-eabi-
• Suffix: (empty)
• Toolchain path: /opt/Freescale/KDS_v3/toolchain/bin

Project properties -> C/C++ Build -> Environment -> PATH

• Origin: BUILD SYSTEM

Debug launch configuration -> Main tab

• Project: myProject
• C/C++ Application: myProject/myProject.elf

Debug launch configuration -> Debugger tab

• GDB Client Settings -> Executable: ${cross_prefix}gdb${cross_suffix}
• Commands:

set mem inaccessible-by-default off

set tcp auto-retry on

set tcp connect-timeout 240

How can I fix it?

Harriet

have you tried running arm-none-eabi-gdb --version on a console to see what happens ? (you have to have the command in the path of course) – Champlain

I can't to type on console eclipse if debug isn't running. And in the linux console I can't to running that command because GDB isn't installed "directly" on linux cause' it comes with kinetis, and it is not necessary to be installed. I check it in other computer that GDB is working and the GDB wasn't installed, i.e, the command arm-none-eabi-gdb --version is not recognized. – Harriet

Answer 1

I had a help of a coworker. We tried to run the gdb on terminal (./arm-none-eabi-gdb) in its directory /opt/Freescale/KDS_v3/toolchain/bin and it returns:

./arm-none-eabi-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I solved it with this command on terminal:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5:i386

Probably this error occurs due the architecture of my machines that is x64 and the architecture of the arm-none-eabi-gdb is x86. And some times some dependencies of linux can to change this libs. So in some machines it can to work but in other not.

Harriet

Answer 2

I am on Ubuntu 16.04 x64. On my system libncruses5 is already installed. Eclipse (KDS) + Segger. When trying to bring up the debugger, error Could not determine GDB version after sending: arm-none-eabi-gdb --version, response: is shown.

     sudo apt-get install libncurses5:i386

The 32-bit version of libncurses5 is needed. Once it is in place, problem is resolved.

Nejd

im on ubuntu 24.06 - i get this same error but have libncruses6 installed - any work arounds for this ? – Kiehl