Description ettore marchetti 2009-11-14 16:15:59 EST

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Build Identifier: version 3.3.2 M20080221-1800

This only applies to Linux (I trie it on OpenSuse 11.2 and Ubuntu 0910)
I have been creating new Java projects for year; this problem occurred in the last month.
Main problem:
I click on file->new ->java project (The wizard opens as usually)
I enter a project name (I tried several lowercase strings and there is nothing in the workspace)
I try and click on "Next" or "Finish" and nothing happens (I expect the creation of the project); the new Java Project frame just stays there
To get out of it, I can click once on the "x" to close the frame, or on "cancel" (here I have to click twice, the first click is ignored).
This, of course, blocks me.

Circumstances:
I have a dual-boot computer and the Windows version of Eclipse works fine (But I have problems there running my own software, Vista is too slow)
I can access the windows workspace projects from Linux, but cannot edit the files
permissions on the workspace directory on linux are classical (as user, I can read and write)
Other write accesses from Eclipse may be malfunctioning too (e.g. in the same frame, if I try the button "create project from existing source", the "Browse" button fails to do anything;
There is nothing on the "log" file under the metadata under my workspace ( I can send its contents if required)
File-> new project ->project-> next also fails (the frame just stays there)

Help would be very much appreciated. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download eclipse, extract, run
2. click on File->new->java project as described above
3.
However, this used to work well for me until a month ago, as I wrote above.