# Photon debugging with programmer shield on Workbench

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/photon-debugging-with-programmer-shield-on-workbench/50099>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** photon\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-debugging-with-programmer-shield-on-workbench/50099 "2019-05-31T17:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![RKreinin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@RKreinin](https://community.particle.io/u/RKreinin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/photon-debugging-with-programmer-shield-on-workbench/50099/12 "2019-06-04T13:39:26Z")

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When I run gdb from cmd I get this error:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/1/6/16ff4655055c764702eb7dfeb6fa63582cd75fdf.png)

and gdb shows:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/f/5/f57e1ee31c291046dfde21aa9a51c7a1ca2c73f9.png)

I found another thread where a user had the same issue but there was no solution to the problem: [Firmware debugging breaks with SIGINT - Photon Programmer Shield](https://community.particle.io/t/firmware-debugging-breaks-with-sigint-photon-programmer-shield/37838)

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