diff --git a/kdbg/dbgdriver.cpp b/kdbg/dbgdriver.cpp
index eb6bbf1..ab8301d 100644
--- a/kdbg/dbgdriver.cpp
+++ b/kdbg/dbgdriver.cpp
@@ -220,12 +220,13 @@ void DebuggerDriver::writeCommand()
     m_activeCmd = cmd;
     TRACE("in writeCommand: " + cmd->m_cmdString);
 
-    const char* str = cmd->m_cmdString.local8Bit();
-    writeStdin(str, cmd->m_cmdString.local8Bit().length());
+    const char* str = cmd->m_cmdString.local8Bit().data();
+    size_t cmdStrLen = strlen(str);
+    writeStdin(str, cmdStrLen);
 
     // write also to log file
     if (m_logFile.isOpen()) {
-	m_logFile.writeBlock(str, cmd->m_cmdString.local8Bit().length());
+	m_logFile.writeBlock(str, cmdStrLen);
 	m_logFile.flush();
     }
 
diff --git a/kdbg/gdbdriver.cpp b/kdbg/gdbdriver.cpp
index 58464ec..6255df4 100644
--- a/kdbg/gdbdriver.cpp
+++ b/kdbg/gdbdriver.cpp
@@ -2072,7 +2072,8 @@ bool GdbDriver::parseChangeExecutable(const char* output, TQString& message)
 	   strncmp(output, "Missing separate debuginfo", 26) == 0 ||
 	   strncmp(output, "Try: ", 5) == 0 ||
 	   strncmp(output, "Using host libthread_db", 23) == 0 ||
-	   strncmp(output, "(no debugging symbols found)", 28) == 0)
+	   strncmp(output, "(no debugging symbols found", 27) == 0 ||
+	   strncmp(output, "(No debugging symbols found", 27) == 0)
     {
 	// this line is good, go to the next one
 	const char* end = strchr(output, '\n');