Index: plugins/debuggergdb/gdb_driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- plugins/debuggergdb/gdb_driver.cpp    (revision 3258)
+++ plugins/debuggergdb/gdb_driver.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 static wxRegEx reThreadSwitch(_T("^\\[Switching to thread .*\\]#0[ \t]+(0x[A-z0-9]+) in (.*) from (.*)"));
 static wxRegEx reThreadSwitch2(_T("^\\[Switching to thread .*\\]#0[ \t]+(0x[A-z0-9]+) in (.*) from (.*):([0-9]+)"));
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
-    static wxRegEx reBreak(_T("([A-z]:)([^:]+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+:[begmidl]+:(0x[0-9A-z]+)"));
+    static wxRegEx reBreak(_T("..([A-z]:)([^:]+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+:[begmidl]+:(0x[0-9A-z]+)"));
 #else
     static wxRegEx reBreak(_T("\032\032([^:]+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+:[begmidl]+:(0x[0-9A-z]+)"));
 #endif
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     wxString cmd;
     cmd << debugger;
     cmd << _T(" -nx");          // don't run .gdbinit
+    cmd << _T(" -readnow ");    // read symbol table immediately
     cmd << _T(" -fullname ");   // report full-path filenames when breaking
     cmd << _T(" -quiet");       // don't display version on startup
     cmd << _T(" -args ") << debuggee;
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
     wxString cmd;
     cmd << debugger;
     cmd << _T(" -nx");          // don't run .gdbinit
+    cmd << _T(" -readnow ");    // read symbol table immediately
     cmd << _T(" -fullname ");   // report full-path filenames when breaking
     cmd << _T(" -quiet");       // don't display version on startup
     cmd << _T(" -pid=") << wxString::Format(_T("%d"), pid);
Index: plugins/debuggergdb/debuggerstate.cpp
===================================================================
--- plugins/debuggergdb/debuggerstate.cpp    (revision 3258)
+++ plugins/debuggergdb/debuggerstate.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@
         }
         else
         {
-            // for foreign files, we still should use a relative path
+            // for foreign files, we should use an absolute path
             wxFileName f(filename);
-            f.MakeRelativeTo(prj->GetBasePath());
+            f.MakeAbsolute();
             fname = f.GetFullPath();
+            fname.Replace(_T("\\"), _T("/"));
         }
     }
     return fname;