Re: [wtp-dev] WTP - PermGen space driving me crazy!

[David Carver <dcarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check this FAQ entry:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_increase_the_permgen_size_available_to_Eclipse%3F

And these questions are best asked on the newsgroup.

Dave

Toriacht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I normally use Eclipse Europa but upgraded to Ganymede because I wanted to
> develop web services. I have a dual core laptop with 2Gs of Ram. I cant
> develop anything because eclipse keeps crashing due to out of memory error
> (PermGen)...pasted below.
>
> I have edited my eclipse.ini file in attempt to overcome this but to no
> avail... but I am no expert.. any help/ideas appreciated..my .ini file is
> pasted below the error...
>
>
> Thanks
> T
>
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2009-01-17 14:58:30.390
> !MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception
> !STACK 0
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:165)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:554)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:524)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:455)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:443)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:423)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:193)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:368)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:444)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:397)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:385)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:87)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:165)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:554)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:524)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:455)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass_LockClassLoader(ClasspathManager.java:443)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:423)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:193)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:368)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:444)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:397)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:385)
> 	at
> org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:87)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
> !SESSION Sat Jan 17 14:58:40 GMT 2009
> ------------------------------------------
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2009-01-17 14:58:40.359
> !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
> !STACK
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
>
>
>
> eclipse.ini
>
>
> -showsplash
> org.eclipse.platform
> --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
> 512M
> -framework
> plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.4.2.R34x_v20080826-1230.jar
> -vmargs
> -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
> -Xms256m
> -Xmx512m
>
>
>
>