diff --git a/plugins/debuggercommon/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/debuggercommon/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/debuggercommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/debuggercommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
     TYPE PLUGIN
     HEADER debuglog.h
     IDENTIFIER DEBUGGERCOMMON
-    CATEGORY_BASENAME "common"
-    DESCRIPTION "debuggers common"
+    CATEGORY_BASENAME "debuggercommon"
 )
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(debuggercommon_SRCS
diff --git a/plugins/debuggercommon/midebugger.cpp b/plugins/debuggercommon/midebugger.cpp
--- a/plugins/debuggercommon/midebugger.cpp
+++ b/plugins/debuggercommon/midebugger.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 
 void MIDebugger::processErrored(QProcess::ProcessError error)
 {
-    qCDebug(DEBUGGERCOMMON) << "Debugger ERRORED" << error;
+    qCWarning(DEBUGGERCOMMON) << "Debugger ERRORED" << error << m_process->errorString();
     if(error == QProcess::FailedToStart)
     {
         KMessageBox::information(
diff --git a/plugins/gdb/gdb.cpp b/plugins/gdb/gdb.cpp
--- a/plugins/gdb/gdb.cpp
+++ b/plugins/gdb/gdb.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
     QStringList arguments = extraArguments;
     arguments << QStringLiteral("--interpreter=mi2") << QStringLiteral("-quiet");
 
+    QString fullCommand;
+
     QUrl shell = config.readEntry(Config::DebuggerShellEntry, QUrl());
     if(!shell.isEmpty()) {
         qCDebug(DEBUGGERGDB) << "have shell" << shell;
@@ -85,14 +87,14 @@
         m_process->setShellCommand(KShell::joinArgs(arguments));
     } else {
         m_process->setProgram(m_debuggerExecutable, arguments);
+        fullCommand = m_debuggerExecutable + QLatin1Char(' ');
     }
+    fullCommand += arguments.join(QLatin1Char(' '));
 
     m_process->start();
 
-    qCDebug(DEBUGGERGDB) << "Starting GDB with command" << shell.toLocalFile() + QLatin1Char(' ') + m_debuggerExecutable
-                           + QLatin1Char(' ') + arguments.join(QLatin1Char(' '));
+    qCDebug(DEBUGGERGDB) << "Starting GDB with command" << fullCommand;
     qCDebug(DEBUGGERGDB) << "GDB process pid:" << m_process->pid();
-    emit userCommandOutput(shell.toLocalFile() + QLatin1Char(' ') + m_debuggerExecutable
-                           + QLatin1Char(' ') + arguments.join(QLatin1Char(' ')) + QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    emit userCommandOutput(fullCommand + QLatin1Char('\n'));
     return true;
 }