Re: "failed to find valid object file", but which object file? (using static libraries)

[Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@celunite.com>]

On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:47 +0200, Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> as a newbie, I am debugging a program which uses a number of self-made 
> static libraries. When running (gdb) start, the first message I get is:
> 
> Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.
> 0x08048d15 in main ()
> 
> Is there any way to find _which_ object file has failed to be read in?
> 
> A simple ldd ./program will only give me a listing of standard linux 
> shared libraries, whereas no static libraries are displayed (I presume 
> the error is in one of my self-made static libraries).


Could you give more information regarding the version of gdb being used,
for which architecture and a small test case for the same ? Also the set
of commands that you give to launch gdb so that you get the error would
be most useful.


cheers
-Ramana

> 
> Can one point to more information with which program I can find out 
> which static libraries are included?
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> Bram
> 
> 

-- 
cheers
Ramana

Ramana Radhakrishnan
IDE & Tools Group
Celunite Inc (www.celunite.com)