Hi, currently: $ gdbserver-7.9 :1234 true & $ gdb -q -ex 'target remote :1234' # that -q is not relevant here Remote debugging using :1234 warning: Could not load vsyscall page because no executable was specified try using the "file" command first. 0x00007ffff7ddcc80 in ?? () (gdb) b main No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) _ While one may not realize a newer gdbserver would fix that: $ gdbserver-7.10 :1234 true & $ gdb -q -ex 'target remote :1234' # that -q is not relevant here Remote debugging using :1234 Reading /usr/bin/true from remote target... warning: File transfers from remote targets can be slow. Use "set sysroot" to access files locally instead. Reading /usr/bin/true from remote target... Reading symbols from target:/usr/bin/true...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/true.debug...done. done. Reading /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 from remote target... Reading /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 from remote target... Reading symbols from target:/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64/ld-2.22.so.debug...done. done. 0x00007ffff7ddcc80 in _start () from target:/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (gdb) b main Breakpoint 1 at 0x555555555650: file src/true.c, line 59. (gdb) _ This can be more common case with the popular containers. Therefore suggesting to print there also: warning: No executable has been specified (see the "file" command) and remote gdbserver does not support packet "qXfer:exec-file:read" - please use FSF gdbserver version 7.10 or later. OK for check-in? No regressions on {x86_64,x86_64-m32,i686}-fedora23-linux-gnu. The "qXfer:exec-file:read" support in GDB and gdbserver was implemented by: commit c78fa86a213db1bdef328437ac262a4f54577827 Author: Gary Benson Date: Fri Apr 17 09:47:30 2015 +0100 Implement remote_pid_to_exec_file using qXfer:exec-file:read Thanks, Jan