Eclipse Community Forums: Newcomers » Eclipse Helios

Home » Newcomers » Newcomers » Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start

Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660606]

Sat, 19 March 2011 17:20

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a completely fresh installation of Eclipse Helios on my PC (Vista 32bit). I'm therefore also creating a fresh workspace. Unfortunately, Eclipse refuses to start with the following error message:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.ds 4 0 2011-03-19 22:08:37.669
!MESSAGE File doesn't exist or is a directory!
!STACK 0
java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Program Files\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\120\data\SCR (The system cannot find the specified path)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.storage.file.FileStorage.saveFile(FileStorage.java:191)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.storage.file.FileStorage.stop(FileStorage.java:179)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.SCRManager.stopIt(SCRManager.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Activator.stop(Activator.java:204)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:771)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:764)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.stopWorker(BundleHost.java:509)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.suspend(AbstractBundle.java:566)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.suspendBundle(Framework.java:1160)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.decFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:595)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.shutdown(StartLevelManager.java:215)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle.suspend(InternalSystemBundle.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.shutdown(Framework.java:690)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.close(Framework.java:597)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.shutdown(EclipseStarter.java:390)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:198)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.ds 4 0 2011-03-19 22:08:37.689
!MESSAGE File doesn't exist or is a directory!
!STACK 0
java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Program Files\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\120\data\SCR (The system cannot find the specified path)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.storage.file.FileStorage.saveFile(FileStorage.java:191)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.storage.file.FileStorage.stop(FileStorage.java:179)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.SCRManager.stopIt(SCRManager.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Activator.stop(Activator.java:204)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:771)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:764)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.stopWorker(BundleHost.java:509)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.suspend(AbstractBundle.java:566)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.suspendBundle(Framework.java:1160)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.decFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:595)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.shutdown(StartLevelManager.java:215)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle.suspend(InternalSystemBundle.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.shutdown(Framework.java:690)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.close(Framework.java:597)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.shutdown(EclipseStarter.java:390)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:198)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)

Does anybody have an idea on how to fix this issue?

Thank you in advance!

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660610 is a reply to message #660606]

Sat, 19 March 2011 18:16

Eclipse User

If I might wager a guess, I'd say that D:\Program Files on your Vista
host is administrator territory. Typically, one installed Eclipse at
C:\eclipse back in the day and, with Windows Vista and Windows 7, maybe
at C:\Users\username\eclipse. At least, that's where I put mine.

Or you could launch Eclipse as administrator?

Then again, I could be completely wrong because I've never installed
Eclipse alongside ordinary software on a path like \Program Files.

On 2011.03.19 15:21, Eric wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to create a completely fresh installation of Eclipse Helios
> on my PC (Vista 32bit). I'm therefore also creating a fresh workspace.
> Unfortunately, Eclipse refuses to start with the following error message:
>
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.ds 4 0 2011-03-19 22:08:37.669
> !MESSAGE File doesn't exist or is a directory!
> !STACK 0
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Program
> Files\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\120\dat a\SCR (The
> system cannot find the specified path)
> at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
> [snip]
>
> Does anybody have an idea on how to fix this issue?
>
> Thank you in advance!

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660612 is a reply to message #660610]

Sat, 19 March 2011 18:45

Eclipse User

Thank you very much for your reply! I have tried both possibilities now with no luck. Eclipse still gives me the same error.

The problem is that Eclipse worked like a charme for over one year now. Some days ago it stopped working without having made any changes to my Eclipse set-up.

That's why I wanted to try out a fresh install now. Unfortunately, that doesn't work either.

Could it be a registry issue or an issue with the Java version? I have really no clue why it suddenly stopped working and why I can't eben set-up a fresh install.

Any other thoughts?

Thank you once again!

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660615 is a reply to message #660612]

Sat, 19 March 2011 19:00

Eclipse User

On 2011.03.19 16:45, Eric wrote:
> Thank you very much for your reply! I have tried both possibilities now
> with no luck. Eclipse still gives me the same error.
>
> The problem is that Eclipse worked like a charme for over one year now.
> Some days ago it stopped working without having made any changes to my
> Eclipse set-up.
>
> That's why I wanted to try out a fresh install now. Unfortunately, that
> doesn't work either.
>
> Could it be a registry issue or an issue with the Java version? I have
> really no clue why it suddenly stopped working and why I can't eben
> set-up a fresh install.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Thank you once again!

There should be no registry issues with Eclipse. Eclipse isn't
"installed" in the same sense that mainstream Windows software is, which
is why one does not typically install it on the path you give, but more
informally and privately.

Are you getting the same error each time?

Have you set up eclipse.ini as per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini?

You're welcome to walk through
http://www.javahotchocolate.com/tutorials/eclipse-summary.ht ml to see if
anything there might jar a memory of something (no pun intended).

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660618 is a reply to message #660615]

Sat, 19 March 2011 20:37

Eclipse User

Well, I really think there might be a problem with my system itself. Eclipse works like a charm on a second machine (XP). Unfortunately, after porting the installation + workspace to my Vista machine, I get an error when opening files with RSE:

Operation failed. File system input or output error - Message reported from file system: The system cannot find the specified path

I have really no idea why that is.

Any suggestions?

Thank you once again!

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660619 is a reply to message #660618]

Sat, 19 March 2011 21:03

Eclipse User

On 2011.03.19 18:37, Eric wrote:
> Well, I really think there might be a problem with my system itself.
> Eclipse works like a charm on a second machine (XP). Unfortunately,
> after porting the installation + workspace to my Vista machine, I get an
> error when opening files with RSE:
> Operation failed. File system input or output error - Message reported
> from file system: The system cannot find the specified path
>
> I have really no idea why that is.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you once again!

Hmmmm... based on what you've said, I believe you're trying to move a
workspace filesystem from one computer to another? You can't really do
that (well, it would be an amazing coincidence or a great deal of work
to pull it off).

The right way is to move your individual projects from one host to the
other, then create a new workspace and import them (File -> Import ->
General -> Import Existing Projects).

What is unclear to me now is whether Eclipse even comes up on your Vista
machine? At what point do you see errors?

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660622 is a reply to message #660619]

Sat, 19 March 2011 22:01

Eclipse User

Thank you very much for your continuous efforts in helping me fix these issues!

I'm facing big problems currently. I can't install a fresh copy of Eclipse because of the described errors. On the other hand, when using my existing copy of Helios I'm facing the following errors:

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=206331

I'm presented with these errors everytime I try to open a remote file using the RSE.

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660672 is a reply to message #660606]

Sun, 20 March 2011 20:48

Eclipse User

My Helios starts but runs 5+ minutes (eating the CPU)

before asking for the workspace

After fixing this I must fix CDT/C++

Surely a simple install is available.

I loaded Fedora 14 Eclipse using yum install eclipse

and it took several hundred megabytes and several hundred packages

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660673 is a reply to message #660672]

Sun, 20 March 2011 21:30

Eclipse User

Use yum to uninstall it. Then go get a proper download from eclipse.org.
There are very few platforms where using the host repository is the
right way to install Eclipse.

On 2011.03.20 18:48, fred silsbee wrote:
> My Helios starts but runs 5+ minutes (eating the CPU)
>
> before asking for the workspace
>
> After fixing this I must fix CDT/C++
>
> Surely a simple install is available.
>
> I loaded Fedora 14 Eclipse using yum install eclipse
>
> and it took several hundred megabytes and several hundred packages

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660675 is a reply to message #660673]

Sun, 20 March 2011 22:43

Eclipse User

Thanks...I've done both and before I lost Fedora 14recently (long story), I had Eclipse running with CDT C++ AND the Qt plugin

I guess (not a yum expert) I'd use

yum remove eclipse*

I am going to try one more thing.

/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java does not exist so it must mean that I must use yum to

install java ...prob use yumex

yum install java* ???

Re: Eclipse Helios - Fresh install won't start [message #660741 is a reply to message #660675]

Mon, 21 March 2011 08:40

Eclipse User

On 2011.03.20 20:43, fred silsbee wrote:
> Thanks...I've done both and before I lost Fedora 14recently (long
> story), I had Eclipse running with CDT C++ AND the Qt plugin
>
> I guess (not a yum expert) I'd use
>
> yum remove eclipse*
>
> I am going to try one more thing.
>
> /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java does not exist so it must mean that I
> must use yum to
> install java ...prob use yumex
>
> yum install java* ???

Google is your friend (I'm a SuSE and Ubuntu guy, so while I know what
yum is, I've only had occasion to use it once or twice).

If you were developing Java, I'd suggest not consuming the host's JRE,
but downloading a separate one for your private use. I don't do C/C++
anymore and have never done it with Eclipse, so I can't say if it's
important to get your own copy of the JDK down for Eclipse's use.

But, yeah, at a minimum, specify the path to the JVM in eclipse.ini as
you allude.

Previous Topic:	need some help getting started with a project
Next Topic:	Dynamic Web Project

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Sat May 17 00:04:30 EDT 2025

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Breadcrumbs

Sign up to our Newsletter