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Run configuration plug-in auto-start setting has no effect. Why? [message #502287]

Mon, 07 December 2009 10:39

Eclipse User

Hi,

I have a 3.4.2 target platform, and a 3.5 SR1 IDE.

I want to use OSGi Declarative Services in my product, so I added the org.eclipse.equinox.ds (and required plug-ins) to my run configuration. Its auto-start argument is automatically set to true.

I started my product, but my services did not come alive.
After many hours of digging I figured, that the org.eclipse.equinox.ds plug-in is in resolved state, so it has not been activated.

I tried to set the auto-start argument for other plug-ins too, and I found the same: no effect, plug-ins remain resolved.

Please let me know what can be the problem.

Thanks,
Marton

Re: Run configuration plug-in auto-start setting has no effect. Why? [message #502380 is a reply to message #502287]

Mon, 07 December 2009 17:05

Eclipse User

Marton Sigmond wrote:
> I tried to set the auto-start argument for other plug-ins too, and I
> found the same: no effect, plug-ins remain resolved.

Do the plug-ins get active when you start them manually using the OSGi console?
(-console as program argument).

If so, please go to the configuration folder (as specified in the Configuration
tab of your run configuration). Have a look at the config.ini file (this
configures the start levels) - are bundles marked for auto start here like this
"somebundleid@4\:start"?

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http://www.ralfebert.de/blog/eclipsercp/

Re: Run configuration plug-in auto-start setting has no effect. Why? [message #502450 is a reply to message #502380]

Tue, 08 December 2009 05:30

Eclipse User

Thank you for the answer.

Yes, plug-ins get active when started from the console.
There is no config.ini file, since it is set to be generated automatically.

Couple more details:
- If I reset the target platform to the Running Platform (which is 3.5), everything works fine.
- Created a new workspace to test the problem in a minimalistic environment, but I could not recreate the problem. Plug-ins are activated properly when auto-start is set.
- When I start a plug-in from the console, providing a service works, but referencing a service does not work (maybe this is another thread).

Thanks for any help,
Marton

Re: Run configuration plug-in auto-start setting has no effect. Why? [message #502469 is a reply to message #502450]

Tue, 08 December 2009 07:36

Eclipse User

> - When I start a plug-in from the console, providing a service works, but referencing a service does not work (maybe this is another thread).

I found this: 3.4.2 needs unbind in the reference tag.

Auto-starting plug-ins is still a mystery.

Regards,
Marton

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