Re: [photran] "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine" from Photran 8

[ffmo <ffmo@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

Many thanks for your quick and detailed help.

I tried many solutions from Google, including the one for RAM setting like you mentioned. It turns out that my problem is caused by the -vmargs argument.

Those who have similar problems can try the following steps:

- Open eclipse.ini in the Eclipse.app package like Jeff wrote.
- Find the line containing -vmargs and replace it with "-vm XXX". I use /usr/bin/javaws for XXX on my Mac. From its name I guess XXX is the location of the JVM, but I frankly know little about it. I just happened to find a solution and I saw 'javaws' there before I found I also have an app called 'javaws' in /usr/bin/.

Cheers,

Jingshi


At 2012-11-15 22:38:59,"Jeffrey Overbey" <jeffreyoverbey@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
    
  
    Hi Jingshi,
    
    
      "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine".
    
    
    I have a couple of ideas.
    
    First, make sure you have the right version of Eclipse (32- or
    64-bit).  You can type "java -version" in a Terminal window to
    determine whether your Java Virtual Machine is 32- or 64-bit. 
    Eclipse must match that.
    
    If that doesn't work, it's possible that Eclipse is requesting more
    memory than your machine can support.  Try this:
    
      Find Eclipse.app in the Finder.  Right-click on it, and select
        Show Package Contents.
      Open the Contents folder.
      Open the MacOS folder.
      Right-click eclipse.ini, and select Open With >
        TextEdit.app
      One of the lines in the file starts with "-Xmx" and ends with
        "m" -- possibly "-Xmx2048m" or "-Xmx512m" or something.  That is
        the amount of heap space (RAM) that Eclipse will request. 
        Change the value to something smaller.  Be careful going below
        512 -- Eclipse can run out of memory pretty easily.
      
      Save the file, exit TextEdit, and restart Eclipse.
      
    
    
    Jeff