[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Can't start eclipse

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/2/09 7:17 PM, Sangmin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a problem with starting eclipse.
> It used to run well but from some point it fails to start leaving the
> following logs.
> Could anyone shed some light on this?

I don't know this particular error, but many problems running Eclipse on 
Linux are the result of gcj. Install the Sun JDK and then make sure 
Eclipse is using it by following the instructions here: 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini

Hope this helps,
Eric



> eclipse.buildId=I20090611-1540
> java.version=1.6.0_11
> java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
> BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
> Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
> Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -product
> org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
>
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2009-09-02 17:29:12.743
> !MESSAGE Startup error
> !STACK 1
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid qualifier: 6+desktop7+24
> at org.osgi.framework.Version.validate(Version.java:188)
> at org.osgi.framework.Version.<init>(Version.java:92)
> at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.initializeProperties(Framework.java:361)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.initialize(Framework.java:196)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.<init>(Framework.java:157)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.startup(EclipseStarter.java:286)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:175)
>
> 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:597)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:559)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514)
> at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311)