Qt Creator and other tools

So this is not the ideal way to correct the issue but here is my workaround: open up the offending applications at a "safer" resolution--one much smaller than the maximum available. Start the offending applications, and you should observe no issues. Uping the resolution should then be possible without problems. I used 1024x768 as my safe resolution to get up to 1920x1080. For multi-virtual monitor setups, you may also need to reorder the monitors in Display Preferences so that display 2 is on the left and display 1 is on the right--the opposite of default. At this point, upping both displays to the correct resolution was possible without the cycle spasms described in the original post.

Yep, it works now. I unchecked "Always use the QML emulation layer provided by Qt Creator". After that, QtDesigner built a new and working qml2puppet layer. Thank you very much, again! Greetings to Berlin, Frime

The problem can be solved building GDB with a Python 2.7 or 3 in path. Python 2.6 from Centos 6.X lacks some feature which breaks the debugger integration for Qt Creator 3.1.2. Python 2.6 could also break the debugger pretty printers for Qt Creator > 2.8.1 and < 3.2, but I haven't tested any other version than 2.8.1 and 3.1.2. More info in can be found in QTCREATORBUG-13462.

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thank you. I suppose this is what I was missing all along. I must compile libs first, and not just try to include them as source.