[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Error trying to get Eclipse to run

["Chris Laffra" <Chris_Laffra@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What does the vm say when you run "java -version"?
Eclipse 3.0 and later needs a 1.4 compatible VM.

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Chris Laffra, http://eclipsefaq.org


"Daniel Carbonell" <dcarbonell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cvphl4$oj1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I'm a newbie trying to get Eclipse to work on my Mandrake Linux.
>
> Every time I try to open it, I get keep getting the same message:
>
> "An error has occurred.  See the log file
/home/(...)/configuration/[x].log"
>
> The content of the log file is the following:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi Feb 25, 2005 17:01:39.806
> !MESSAGE Startup error
> !STACK 1
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SystemBundleActivator.start() of
> bundle org.eclipse.osgi.
>    at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles
> (StartLevelManager.java:561)
>    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL
> (StartLevelManager.java:477)
>    at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel
> (StartLevelManager.java:273)
>    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.launch
> (StartLevelManager.java:243)
>    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SystemBundle.resume
> (SystemBundle.java:166)
>    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.launch
> (Framework.java:425)
>    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.OSGi.launch (OSGi.java:51)
>    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.startup
> (EclipseStarter.java:216)
>    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run
> (EclipseStarter.java:127)
>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke0 (Method.java)
>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:255)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun (Main.java:185)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run (Main.java:704)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main (Main.java:688)
> !SESSION Fri Feb 25 17:01:39 GMT+01:00 2005
> ------------------------------------
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Feb 25, 2005 17:01:39.906
> !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
> !STACK
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run
> (EclipseStarter.java:138)
>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke0 (Method.java)
>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:255)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun (Main.java:185)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run (Main.java:704)
>    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main (Main.java:688)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
>
> I am using Java Version 2.1A released 11. February 2002
>
> Could anyone please help me fix this? I don't really know which way to go
> now...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dani
>
>