[news.eclipse.newcomer] IllegalArgument exception on eclipse startup (HP

[basven@xxxxxxxxx (Bas)]

I am trying to move my development environment from XP to HP-UX (11.11 to 
be precise).  I am using the 1.4.2.05 JDK and d/l the eclipse SDK 3.01 
hpux motif package (do I need some swt/motif patch ?).  

When I try to start eclipse I get the following exception:

!SESSION Mar 01, 2005 10:10:17.722 
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eclipse.buildId=M200409161125
java.version=1.4.2.05
java.vendor=Hewlett-Packard Co.
BootLoader constants: OS=hpux, ARCH=PA_RISC, WS=motif, NL=en

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi Mar 01, 2005 10:10:17.723
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument cannot be null
	at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:2677)
	at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:2616)
	at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:2587)
	at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font.<init>(Font.java:106)
	at 
org.eclipse.jface.resource.FontRegistry.calculateDefaultFont(FontRegistry.java:412)
	at 
org.eclipse.jface.resource.FontRegistry.defaultFontRecord(FontRegistry.java:430)
	at 
org.eclipse.jface.resource.FontRegistry.getFontRecord(FontRegistry.java:519)
	at org.eclipse.jface.resource.FontRegistry.get(FontRegistry.java:472)
	at 
org.eclipse.jface.resource.JFaceResources.getDialogFont(JFaceResources.java:182)
	at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.initializeDialogUnits(Dialog.java:778)
	at 
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.TitleAreaDialog.createContents(TitleAreaDialog.java:93)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:348)
	at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:925)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:637)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.ChooseWorkspaceDialog.prompt(ChooseWorkspaceDialog.java:65)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.promptForWorkspace(IDEApplication.java:314)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.checkInstanceLocation(IDEApplication.java:219)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:83)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:335)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:273)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:129)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
	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)