diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/pdb/pdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/pdb/pdbengine.cpp
index 8edb629345c..ebf2b3b4e28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/pdb/pdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/pdb/pdbengine.cpp
@@ -202,16 +202,18 @@ void PdbEngine::startDebugger()
 
     setState(AdapterStarted);
     setState(InferiorStarting);
-    setState(InferiorRunningRequested);
-    showStatusMessage(tr("Running requested..."), 5000);
-
     emit startSuccessful();
+    showStatusMessage(tr("Running requested..."), 5000);
+    setState(InferiorRunningRequested);
+    setState(InferiorRunning);
 }
 
 void PdbEngine::runInferior()
 {
     SDEBUG("PdbEngine::runInferior()");
-    // FIXME: setState(InferiorRunning);
+    QTC_ASSERT(false, /**/); // FIXME:
+    setState(InferiorRunningRequested);
+    setState(InferiorRunning);
 }
 
 void PdbEngine::interruptInferior()
@@ -678,14 +680,13 @@ void PdbEngine::handleResponse(const QByteArray &response0)
 void PdbEngine::handleUpdateAll(const PdbResponse &response)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(response);
+    setState(InferiorStopping);
+    setState(InferiorStopped);
     updateAll();
 }
 
 void PdbEngine::updateAll()
 {
-    setState(InferiorStopping);
-    setState(InferiorStopped);
-
     WatchHandler *handler = watchHandler();
 
     QByteArray watchers;
diff --git a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/python/math.py b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/python/math.py
index 5a59ecba582..52f0cb58a7b 100644
--- a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/python/math.py
+++ b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/python/math.py
@@ -1,25 +1,54 @@
 
-def square(a):
-    x = a * a
-    return a
+import sys
+from PyQt4 import QtGui
 
-def cube(a):
-    l = [1, 2, 4]
-    t = (1, 2, 3)
-    d = {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 'three': 3}
-    s = u'unixcode'
-    x = xrange(1, 10)
-    b = buffer("xxx")
-    x = square(a)
-    x = x * a
-    x = x + 1
-    x = x - 1
-    return x
 
-def main():
+
+def testApp():
+    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+    class MessageBox(QtGui.QWidget):
+        def __init__(self, parent=None):
+            QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
+            self.setGeometry(200, 200, 300, 200)
+            self.setWindowTitle("A Test Box")
+
+    messageBox = MessageBox()
+    messageBox.show()
+
+    widget = QtGui.QWidget()
+    widget.resize(200, 200)
+    widget.show()
+
+    return app.exec_()
+
+
+def testMath():
+    def square(a):
+        x = a * a
+        return a
+
+    def cube(a):
+        l = [1, 2, 4]
+        t = (1, 2, 3)
+        d = {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 'three': 3}
+        s = u'unixcode'
+        x = xrange(1, 10)
+        b = buffer("xxx")
+        x = square(a)
+        x = x * a
+        x = x + 1
+        x = x - 1
+        return x
+
     print cube(3)
     print cube(4)
     print cube(5)
 
+def main():
+    #testMath()
+    testApp()
+    return 0
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  main()
+    sys.exit(main())