[MonoDevelop] NullReferenceException when starting debug (C++ / g db)

[Ian Norton-Badrul]

Hi Jonathan,

I am getting the exact same thing using 2.4.1, any luck getting around
it?

Ian

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 05:03:38PM +0100, Jonathan Shore wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed MonoDevelop 2.4 (and gdb debugging extension) from source.   In attempting to debug a trivial C++ program, receive the following exception:
> 
> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
>   at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessService.StartConsoleProcess (System.String command, System.String arguments, System.String workingDirectory, IDictionary`2 environmentVariables, IConsole console, System.EventHandler exited) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
>   at MonoDevelop.Core.Execution.ProcessService.StartConsoleProcess (System.String command, System.String arguments, System.String workingDirectory, IConsole console, System.EventHandler exited) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
>   at MonoDevelop.Debugger.Gdb.GdbSession.OnRun (Mono.Debugging.Client.DebuggerStartInfo startInfo) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
>   at Mono.Debugging.Client.DebuggerSession+<Run>c__AnonStorey6.<>m__2 () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
> 
> I have gdb, g++, etc. accessible in my path.    When this exception occurs, the whole env goes down, as is unhandled.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan
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