gdb exits with segmentation fault

[nitinvk04 <nitinvk04 at gmail dot com>]

I hope I am at the right forum.
I am trying to run simplest program - 

#include <stdio.h>

int  main(int argc, char *args[])
{
        int num1;
        num1 = 10;
        printf("VALUE OF NUM1=%d\n",num1);
        return 0;
}

i can run the program - 

[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ ./simple
VALUE OF NUM1=10

But gdb exits with segmentation fault - 

[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ gdb simple 
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(gdb) run
Starting program: simple 
Segmentation fault
[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ 

I am using Mandrake 10 with a kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. and the gdb
is 6.0 - quite old, but i have some requirement.
I have compiled gdb from source as it was not installed. 
While compiling gdb i dint get any errors.
I cant figure out whats wrong with gdb. It's happening with
all executable programs. Can run few other commands like
disassemble, help but not run.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Nitin
 

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