[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: JVM terminated. Exit code=-1

[Derek <subs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'll need to post the <workspace>/.metadata/log file so we can get a 
cluse as to what is wrong.

Nick Cliff wrote:
> Hi, My eclipse was working perfectly fine until I attempted to load it 
> up this morning with the following error, I'm not sure what I did wrote 
> because I believe the only java related install was one for my new 
> Chrome browser.
>
> Anyway I took a screenshot but it doesn't look like I can paste that up 
> here so I will copy in the message and hopefully one of you lovely 
> people can tell me what's going wrong:
>
> I have my java up to date (1.6.0_10-rc), I have unpacked eclipse twice 
> now and downloaded a new version once, I'm not sure what else to do
>
> THE ERROR MESSAGE:
> JVM terminated. Exit code=-1
> -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
> -Xms40m
> -Xmx256m
> -XX:MaxPermSize=256M
> -Djava.class.path=C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar 
>
> -os win32
> -ws win32
> -arch x86
> -showsplash 
> C;\eclipse\\plugins\org.eclipse.platform_3.3.100.v200806172000\splash.bmp
> -launcher C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe
> -name Eclipse
> --Launcher.library 
> C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.100.v20080509-1800\eclipse_1114.dll 
>
> -startup 
> C;\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar
> -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll
> -vmargs
> -Dosgi.requireJavaVersion=1.5
> -Xms40m
> -Xmx256m
> -XX:MaxPermSize=256M
> -Djava.class.path=C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar 
>
>
> I hope someone know's what's going on because I have none, thanks in 
> advance


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Derek