[Bug breakpoints/19598] GDB breakpoint locks up Ubuntu UI, requiring reboot

["drn at nadler dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19598

--- Comment #5 from Dave Nadler <drn at nadler dot com> ---
To your 2nd suggestion Pedro: As the GUI is completely frozen after the
breakpoint, I have no way to access a console window (Alt-Tab does not work).

I understand your explanation, but I'm a bit dumb-founded: How is it OK that a
single application can hang the entire OS's GUI? How do people debug GUI
applications in this environment? Is there something odd about the application
I'm looking at?

I appreciate your taking the time to explain this. As background, I'm trying to
add a feature to an open-source application, and have no idea if there is
something 'special' about this application's GUI framework...

Thanks,
Best Regards, Dave

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