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[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: File locking error on startup
Ron Winacott wrote:
It is not your question that is in question. I am no Gentoo expert, but I have to question the version of the JVM (Java run time) you are using. Not sure if is the problem, but I do not know about the "java.version=1.4.2-gentoo" JVM and if it supports the file locking required. Sun has a JVM for Linux that does work. (I run it on Fedora 2) If the RPM is an issue for gentoo, I am sure there are people out there that could "unpack" it for you, my self included.

This is the only thing that I can see that my cause this problem. try the Sun Linux JVM and see what happens. I currently run java version "1.4.2_03" without problems.

This is very strange. The JVM is a Sun JVM, 1.4.2_06 I think, but compiled from sources downloaded as a tarball straight from Sun. It runs other Java apps like jEdit fine.
I get the same problem using the Blackdown JVM - I could, I suppose, also try the IBM JVM.
I have a feeling though that it is a gentoo-specific problem because Eclipse runs fine under Mandrake, which is on the same system but a separate partition, only sharing the /home directory between the two systems. As such I'll redirect my queries on this to the Gentoo forums...

Thanks for your help.






ronw

ejoftheweb wrote:

So can no one help me? or haven't I formulated my question well enough?
Or is it something blindingly obvious that I should have done?
Whatever it is, I'd really like an answer as I need to get on with some work and I'm being rather frustratingly unproductive at the moment!

ejoftheweb wrote:

When I try to start Eclipse 3.0.1 on my gentoo box using the Sun 1.4.2 JDK, it fails with a file locking error reported in the log file.

Caused by: java.io.IOException: An error occurred while locking file "/home/edward/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.0.1/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.fileTableLock": "Value too large for defined data type". A probably reason is that the file system or Runtime Environment does not support file locking. You may want to choose a different location, or disable file locking (using the osgi.locking property), but this can cause data corruption.

The filesystem is ext3; and I can't see anything amiss with permissions and ownership - in any case, Eclipse creates everything in the .eclipse tree.

Any clues as to what this might be about and suggestions as to how to fix it would be welcome.

I have tried both the binary version downloaded from the eclispe site and the Gentoo ebuild (compiled from source), and the same error occurs.

More information from the error file:
!SESSION Feb 28, 2005 07:37:48.489 ---------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=200409161125
java.version=1.4.2-gentoo
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_US