diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
index 27766276bec..2cf2a140d9c 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 	Bug 145758: Unable to use the default command factories.
 	* MANIFEST.MF
 
+2006-08-22 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Bug 146725: Erroneous error message during GDB startup.
+	* CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2.java
+	* GDBCDIDebugger2.java
+	* CommandFactory.java
+	+ MIGDBSetNewConsole.java
+	* StandardLinuxCommandFactory.java
+
 2006-08-22 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Bug 153894: Variable View: Can not format 'short int' to Hex.
 	Applied patch from James Blackburn (jamesblackburn+eclipse@gmail.com).
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/CommandFactory.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/CommandFactory.java
index 81f2480e926..5dfe4500f05 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/CommandFactory.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/CommandFactory.java
@@ -414,4 +414,8 @@ public class CommandFactory {
 	public MIInterpreterExecConsole createMIInterpreterExecConsole(String cmd) {
 		return new MIInterpreterExecConsole(getMIVersion(), cmd);
 	}
+
+	public MIGDBSetNewConsole createMIGDBSetNewConsole() {
+		return new MIGDBSetNewConsole(getMIVersion());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIGDBSetNewConsole.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIGDBSetNewConsole.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb74d4fc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/MIGDBSetNewConsole.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command;
+
+public class MIGDBSetNewConsole extends MIGDBSet {
+
+	public MIGDBSetNewConsole(String miVersion) {
+		super(miVersion, new String[] {"new-console"}); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/factories/linux/StandardLinuxCommandFactory.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/factories/linux/StandardLinuxCommandFactory.java
index 4d85bf747d5..cc42b57e251 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/factories/linux/StandardLinuxCommandFactory.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/mi/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/command/factories/linux/StandardLinuxCommandFactory.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.factories.linux;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CLIInfoSharedLibrary;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSetNewConsole;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.factories.StandardCommandFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -38,4 +39,34 @@ public class StandardLinuxCommandFactory extends StandardCommandFactory {
 	public CLIInfoSharedLibrary createCLIInfoSharedLibrary() {
 		return new LinuxCLIInfoSharedLibrary();
 	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory#createMIGDBSetNewConsole()
+	 */
+	public MIGDBSetNewConsole createMIGDBSetNewConsole() {
+		// Suppress "set new-console" - returns error on Linux
+		return new MIGDBSetNewConsole( getMIVersion() ) {
+
+			/* (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MICommand#getOperation()
+			 */
+			public String getOperation() {
+				return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+
+			/* (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MICommand#getOptions()
+			 */
+			public String[] getOptions() {
+				return new String[0];
+			}
+
+			/* (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MICommand#getParameters()
+			 */
+			public String[] getParameters() {
+				return new String[0];
+			}			
+		};
+	}
 }
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2.java
index b846f1dd9dd..cece7626fc1 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.Session;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSet;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSetNewConsole;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.factories.win32.CygwinCommandFactory;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIInfo;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ public class CygwinGDBCDIDebugger2 extends GDBCDIDebugger2 {
 		MISession miSession = getMISession( session );
 		try {
 			CommandFactory factory = miSession.getCommandFactory();
-			MIGDBSet set = factory.createMIGDBSet( new String[]{ "new-console" } ); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			miSession.postCommand( set );
-			MIInfo info = set.getMIInfo();
+			MIGDBSetNewConsole newConsole = factory.createMIGDBSetNewConsole();
+			miSession.postCommand( newConsole );
+			MIInfo info = newConsole.getMIInfo();
 			if ( info == null ) {
 				throw new MIException( MIPlugin.getResourceString( "src.common.No_answer" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/GDBCDIDebugger2.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/GDBCDIDebugger2.java
index 1e4a7bc8964..986c084afc4 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/GDBCDIDebugger2.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/GDBCDIDebugger2.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.CDIException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDITarget;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.SharedLibraryManager;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.Target;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CLITargetAttach;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSet;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIGDBSetNewConsole;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIInfo;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
@@ -120,9 +121,9 @@ public class GDBCDIDebugger2 extends AbstractGDBCDIDebugger {
 		MISession miSession = getMISession( session );
 		try {
 			CommandFactory factory = miSession.getCommandFactory();
-			MIGDBSet set = factory.createMIGDBSet( new String[]{ "new-console" } ); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			miSession.postCommand( set );
-			MIInfo info = set.getMIInfo();
+			MIGDBSetNewConsole newConsole = factory.createMIGDBSetNewConsole();
+			miSession.postCommand( newConsole );
+			MIInfo info = newConsole.getMIInfo();
 			if ( info == null ) {
 				throw new MIException( MIPlugin.getResourceString( "src.common.No_answer" ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}