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eclipse does not start [message #927857]

Sun, 30 September 2012 00:16

Rusi Mody
Messages: 9
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

I am trying to use eclipse 4.2 on linux/debian

When I start it I get the eclipse juno splash screen and then a small window and nothing.

Googling around I find
- advise to upgrade to juno -- I am trying juno
- advise to use some version of xulrunner which is not available any more
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=236724#c22
The link suggested there is dead.

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Re: eclipse does not start [message #928487 is a reply to message #927857]

Sun, 30 September 2012 13:30

Russell Bateman
Messages: 2711
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 09/29/2012 10:16 PM, Rusi Mody wrote:
> I am trying to use eclipse 4.2 on linux/debian
>
> When I start it I get the eclipse juno splash screen and then a small
> window and nothing.
>
> Googling around I find
> - advise to upgrade to juno -- I am trying juno
> - advise to use some version of xulrunner which is not available any more
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=236724#c22
> The link suggested there is dead.

Most trouble with starting Eclipse of any version on any platform is
solve in making certain you've got a good JDK or JRE (I advise against
openJDK--go get a real Sun JDK from Oracle) that matches the bittedness
(32- or 64-bit) of the Eclipse you downloaded. Don't get Eclipse from
anywhere (like the Ubuntu Software Center) except eclipse.org. Also,
read http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini.

Best of luck.

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Re: eclipse does not start [message #929631 is a reply to message #928487]

Mon, 01 October 2012 12:17

Rusi Mody
Messages: 9
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

I tracked (kindof) the problem.

I had two eclipse installations: one with a bunch of plugins and one without.
When I deleted all the plugin jar and related files the non-working one started working.
Now how do I find the offending plugin(s)?

PS Sorry for the multi-posting -- I see its happening to others as well but have no idea what is triggering it

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