[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: rcp-application - empty views on linux

[Billy Biggs <bbiggs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joachim Schreibmaier wrote:
> I have intalled eclipse 3.1.1 on my debian system, and tried to make a new 
> RCP-application with the template "RCP application with an intro". On 
> execution of it, there was the same problem --> empty view - no html is 
> shown.
>
> That indicates that there is something wrong with the linux-system. But I 
> can't imagine that about 10 linux-systems where I've tested my application 
> are wrong configured.

  It seems strange but I think it is true.

  I created the RCP application with the intro template and it works 
fine on my Fedora Core 4 machine.  However, if I set it up so that 
eclipse cannot find Mozilla, I can reproduce the problem of the "empty 
view".

  The problem here is that the intro view depends on Mozilla and it is 
not finding it.  Eclipse has a fallback for when the browser is not 
available, I think it is a bug that this example does not do the same.

  Do you have Mozilla installed on these Linux machines?  Debian does 
not ship a "gre.conf" file, so you will need to set the 
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME environment variable to tell the application where to 
find Mozilla.

  export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/mozilla

  -Billy