debug doesn't work?

[codinglexernewbie]

i've got a program, which crashes but when I run debug, it doesn't  arrow the line in which it crashes instead it just shows this: Setting breakpoints
Debugger name and version: GNU gdb (GDB) 8.1
Child process PID: 17796
In ?? () ()
any reasons why it doesn't work?

[jordi]

Maybe you don't have the "debug target" selected.  You can checked it with the following menu sequence: Build - Select target - Debug

[BlueHazzard]

Enable the full debug log:
Settings->Debugger->Common->Full (debug) log

then start the debugger an copy and paste the content of the debugger log tab found at the bottom here in the forum (please use the # tag in the post editor)

It could be that you are using a buggy gdb version that crashes