When I tried to debug gcc 3.1.1 on Linux/mips, I got # gdb xgcc GNU gdb 5.2-0.5 (5.2.0_2002-05-23-cvs) ... DW_FORM_strp pointing outside of .debug_str section gdb 5.2 works fine on Linux/x86 with gcc 3.1.1. Has anyone tried gdb 5.2 with gcc 3.1/3.2 running on any mips targets? H.J.