Issues with Valgrind...looking for something comparable

I am wanting to use Valgrind, but it is not providing me enough information (such as line numbers) of where a problem exists in the code. I am not sure if it is because I am using Ubuntu (Xubuntu). The installation for Valgrind went fine.

I am having the exact same output as this person:

c - Valgrind not showing line numbers in spite of -g flag (on Ubuntu 11.10/VirtualBox) - Stack Overflow

I have tried all of the suggestions on that page, and yet nothing has worked. I have tried the trace option as well which does not resolve the issue.

Just like the person in the thread I am compiling with the -g option.

I was wondering if there is a alternative to Valgrind that performs as well if not better.


Thanks

Verify you are not striping the debug values using the "-s" option or the strip command.
Verify you are NOT using optimization; that might remove some info.

Tim S.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by stahta01

Verify you are not striping the debug values using the "-s" option or the strip command.
Verify you are NOT using optimization; that might remove some info.

Tim S.

---

I have the makefile set to:

Code:

---

CFLAGS=-Wall -g

clean:
    rm -f <progname>

---

When I compile this is what is shown:

Code:

---

$make <progname>
cc -Wall -g <progname> -o <progname>

---

Then I use:

Code:

---

$./valgrind <progname>

---

After this I am unable to tell where the errors are, and the output looks just like the example from the above link.

I do not think I am striping or adding optimization unless those options are set in a config file or something.

There seems to be issues with valgrind and some debian based distros [see note #2]. I tried compiling valgrind from source on xubuntu 13.04 and got this:

Code:

---

checking the GLIBC_VERSION version... unsupported version 2.17

---

Maybe that is your problem?

Try using another (stable) distro, since afaik ubuntu uses debian unstable.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by fnprintf

There seems to be issues with valgrind and some debian based distros [see note #2]. I tried compiling valgrind from source on xubuntu 13.04 and got this:

Code:

---

checking the GLIBC_VERSION version... unsupported version 2.17

---

Maybe that is your problem?

Try using another (stable) distro, since afaik ubuntu uses debian unstable.

---

Is having Valgrind worth going through all the trouble? If so I will definitely do it. I can have Slackware up and running instead of xubuntu.