Using gdb to obtain statement

Hello!

As pg_stat_activity.current_query truncates statements to about 255
characters, I've tinkered a bit with gdb, as suggested by Tom Lane a
little while ago. But when I attach to the backend in question, the only
output I get from p debug_query_string is some number, for example:

mysrv:/var/log # gdb /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres 1485
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This GDB was configured as "i586-suse-linux"...
Attaching to program: /opt/pgsql/bin/postgres, process 1485
Reading symbols from /lib/libz.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libreadline.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libreadline.so.4
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
0x40198cd4 in read () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
(gdb) p debug_query_string
$1 = 137763608

What am I doing wrong?

Kind regards

   Markus