I am also seeing this on stretch. The workaround from #37 also works for me, e.g.
apt-get install pinpoint-dbgsym gdb /usr/bin/pinpoint (gdb) break main (gdb) run /usr/share/doc/pinpoint/examples/introduction.pin (gdb) call XInitThreads() (gdb) continue Looking at https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Pinpoint:This project is unmaintained and has been archived. Information on this page might be outdated and links below might not work anymore.