<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Valgrind Memcheck fails to start in Qt Creator (Linux Mint 22.2 &#x2F; Ubuntu 24.04)]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi everyone,</p>
<p dir="auto">I am experiencing an issue where Valgrind (Memcheck) fails to run my project from within Qt Creator 19 on Linux Mint 22.2 (based on Ubuntu 24.04).</p>
<p dir="auto">When I start the Analysis (Analyze &gt; Valgrind Memory Analyzer), the process exits almost immediately (within 1 second) with no error message in the "Valgrind" output pane, only "Process exited with return value" and "Analyzing finished."</p>
<p dir="auto">The Environment:<br />
OS: Linux Mint 22.2 (Ubuntu 24.04 base)<br />
Qt Creator: 19.x<br />
Valgrind: 3.22.0</p>
<p dir="auto">I tried to troubleshoot the issue using GoogleAI, but I couldn't solve it.<br />
Here are the brief conclusions:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Manual Run Works: Running the exact same binary via terminal with valgrind --tool=memcheck --smc-check=all ./my_app works perfectly.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The "memcmp" issue: Initially, Valgrind complained about missing memcmp redirections. This was solved by setting DEBUGINFOD_URLS="<a href="https://ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://ubuntu.com</a>".</p>
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<p dir="auto">The Integration Conflict: Even with DEBUGINFOD_URLS set in the Run Environment, Qt Creator still fails. The logs show that Qt Creator forces several flags: --xml=yes --xml-socket=... --vgdb-error=0.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The Conclusion: It seems there is a compatibility issue between how Qt Creator 19 handles XML/VGDB sockets and the way Valgrind/glibc behaves in the latest Ubuntu 24.04-based distributions. Adding --vgdb=no or --xml=no to "Extra Memcheck arguments" does not help because Qt Creator prepends its own conflicting flags.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Has anyone found a workaround to make the integrated Valgrind UI work on Noble-based systems, or is this a known regression in the IDE's interaction with the newer Valgrind/glibc stack?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks in advance!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.qt.io/topic/164515/valgrind-memcheck-fails-to-start-in-qt-creator-linux-mint-22.2-ubuntu-24.04</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:03:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.qt.io/topic/164515.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:54:57 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Valgrind Memcheck fails to start in Qt Creator (Linux Mint 22.2 &#x2F; Ubuntu 24.04) on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:20:38 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/tetsuzin72">@<bdi>Tetsuzin72</bdi></a><br />
I will just say that I use <strong>valgrind</strong> from <strong>Creator</strong> under Ubuntu 24.04 with no problem.  But I may not be doing the same as you, and I use the much older <strong>Creator</strong> which comes with 24.04 so I don't know about newer ones.</p>
<p dir="auto">While you await a solution: if you really need to get this working, you could tell <strong>Creator</strong> to run a different "executable" for <strong>valgrind</strong> which is actually an executable shell script of yours.  Then you can go through the command line arguments <strong>Creator</strong> passes to it and <em>remove</em> the ones you say it prepends but you do not want before passing on to the real <code>valgrind</code> executable.  Just saying.</p>
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