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"Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #668086]

Tue, 03 May 2011 13:08

Eclipse User

Ok..I installed Eclipse and it worked fine..then I downloaded the MacOSx 10.6.7 system update and now when I try to open Eclipse, I get the message:

"Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine"

I've done some research and everyone says that you have to modify the eclipse.ini file but there isn't any one correct modification..I mean, I copy what their eclipse.ini file looks like but then I just start to get all kinds of different error messages.

This is what my eclipse.ini file looks like after the eclipse installation without any modification done to it:

-startup
../../../plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20 101122_1400.jar
--launcher.library
../../../plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx.x 86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101019_1345
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-XstartOnFirstThread
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-Xdock:icon=../Resources/Eclipse.icns
-XstartOnFirstThread
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts

Sooooo what am I supposed to do? I can't believe this company makes a program, and when it has bugs or crashes the only way someone can help is by randomly posting to a forum and just pray someone replies??

Well...PLEASE HELP SOMEBODY!!!! Thanks

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Moderator here.
Most of the advice in this thread is bad, misguided. Some of these hacks might work temporarily or on certain machine configurations, but the contents of eclipse.ini are not trivial nor arbitrary.
For the authoritative reference, see this wiki page that explains the contents of the file. Also note the See Also links at the bottom of that page for more details about things like heap size, etc.

DO NOT delete eclipse.ini, EVER. It is also inadvisable to remove the -vm or Xmx options. If you do, you're asking for trouble.

[Updated on: Wed, 07 June 2017 09:57] by Moderator

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #668506 is a reply to message #668086]

Thu, 05 May 2011 17:27

Eclipse User

A most peculiar way of asking for help. You've made certain you're
still able to run Java, as "java", from a terminal's command line?

--
Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse WTP Source Editing and JSDT
IBM Rational

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #668508 is a reply to message #668506]

Thu, 05 May 2011 18:14

Eclipse User

haha..I was just sooo frustrated but I figured it out. In your Eclipsepedia it provided an example of what the eclipse.ini file looks like when your trying to specify a JVM. So I changed the eclipse.ini file and then I made sure that I had all of the correct documents in that path to match the example. In the end it's really quite simple and I'm glad to know that Eclipse has some employees that will respond to user problems..a little slow but at least you replied and thank you for that.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #771235 is a reply to message #668508]

Mon, 26 December 2011 13:33

Eclipse User

"In the end it's really quite simple"

Can you post said file or at least point to where it is?

I've been having this problem at least 10 times a day, needing to restart the machine everytime, and since the project is growing it seems Eclipse get affected more often every day.

The symptoms of the problem I'm having is that after a certain amount of time Eclipse says "Failed to create native thread" and it suggests I should restart Eclipse, but when I try to start again, it says it is still running, so I need to reboot the machine.

My settings in the command line:

-vmargs -Xms1024M -Xmx2048M -XX:MaxPermSize=1024M

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #794406 is a reply to message #668086]

Thu, 09 February 2012 03:45

Eclipse User

Hi,

I had the same problem and found this discussion, and it really didn't help me at all, because "No real name" actually found his own solution and didn't post it here, just communicated his achievement and left.

I solved my problem adding this command line in my eclise.ini file:

-vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw

This bug happened because I installed JRE7 and my eclipse.ini didn't specify the JVM used. In this case, I suppose that eclipse looks for the most recent and tries to start with it. (I also tried inserting the command line for the JRE7, but the error still appeared)

In my case, the correct JVM version was 6, but in other cases it may depend on how the eclipse is installed. The real problem here I suppose it was the installation of another version of JVM, that eclipse wasn't configured for.

I hope this helps someone Smile

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #814449 is a reply to message #794406]

Tue, 06 March 2012 08:15

Eclipse User

Thanks iga z.
Your post helped me overcome this issue.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #826786 is a reply to message #668086]

Thu, 22 March 2012 10:00

Eclipse User

A simple fix for that could be to remove the size after launcher.XXMaxPermSize
I mean change
"--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m"
to
"--launcher.XXMaxPermSize"...That worked for me.

You can alternatively supply the VM Arguments by navigating to Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs and then select the (current) JRE click Edit button. Provide the VM arguments such as "-Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:PermSize=512m" (these values might change based on your requirement) in the "Default VM Arguments" text field.

[Updated on: Thu, 22 March 2012 10:03] by Moderator

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #902100 is a reply to message #826786]

Wed, 15 August 2012 16:39

Eclipse User

Thank you so much. Remving the size (512m in my case) worked for me

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #990386 is a reply to message #826786]

Wed, 12 December 2012 04:22

Eclipse User

I have used java 7, below change done in eclipse.ini

-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw

and removed the 256m from "--launcher.XXMaxPermSize"
its working for me..

thanks,
regards
Yokesvaran.K

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #992478 is a reply to message #668086]

Fri, 21 December 2012 13:49

Eclipse User

Hey all, thanks for posts containing your experiences and what you have tried out to solve the problem. After I have read all your comments it came to my mind to just
uninstall the fresh installed Java 7 and the Java Development file.
After I did this Eclipse started without any problems until now.
Hope this helped you a bit.
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Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #993548 is a reply to message #668086]

Mon, 24 December 2012 14:25

Eclipse User

You can also solve this issue by removing the value "256m" under the line "-launcher.XXMaxPermSize".

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #997373 is a reply to message #668086]

Mon, 07 January 2013 04:03

Eclipse User

Deleting eclipse.ini worked from me, i think eclipse will require it in future. So there is some issue in it !

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1005700 is a reply to message #997373]

Mon, 28 January 2013 05:34

Eclipse User

I can run by deleting eclipse.ini. I don't know why happen like that. Can anyone explain me why?

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1008622 is a reply to message #1005700]

Wed, 13 February 2013 05:52

Eclipse User

Hi!

I snimply deleted -Xm...m lines and Eclipse was running.

bye!

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1082642 is a reply to message #668086]

Thu, 08 August 2013 17:39

Eclipse User

YOUR RIGHT THANKS DUDE Laughing

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1145748 is a reply to message #997373]

Sat, 19 October 2013 15:13

Eclipse User

Thank you. that's way helped me to run eclipse.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1161767 is a reply to message #794406]

Tue, 29 October 2013 21:24

Eclipse User

Thanks this worked for me as the first two lines in eclipse.ini:

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1219465 is a reply to message #668086]

Tue, 03 December 2013 20:39

Eclipse User

The ultimate resolve method:
Eclipse: failed to create the java virtual machine message box
1.Open folder with Eclipse.exe and find eclipse.ini file
2.Replace -vmargs by your current real path of javaw.exe, like:
-vm "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_07\bin\javaw.exe"

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1227825 is a reply to message #1219465]

Sun, 05 January 2014 13:32

Eclipse User

I used below method and it works fine:

Eclipse: failed to create the java virtual machine message box
1.Open folder with Eclipse.exe and find eclipse.ini file
2.Replace -vmargs by your current real path of javaw.exe, like:
-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe"

Thanks

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1242832 is a reply to message #668086]

Mon, 10 February 2014 01:31

Eclipse User

Hey thanx... It worked for me... Very Happy

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1285761 is a reply to message #668506]

Sat, 05 April 2014 20:19

Eclipse User

Actually, the guy has a point. A program should run without this kind of difficulty.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1290832 is a reply to message #1219465]

Thu, 10 April 2014 09:25

Eclipse User

Bruce Qu wrote on Tue, 03 December 2013 20:39

The ultimate resolve method:
Eclipse: failed to create the java virtual machine message box
1.Open folder with Eclipse.exe and find eclipse.ini file
2.Replace -vmargs by your current real path of javaw.exe, like:
-vm "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_07\bin\javaw.exe"

Newby here, and recently downloaded the Android SDK. After the download and install, Eclipse started well. A couple of days later I start Eclipse again and I get the "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine" error. The above post fixed the problem.

Thanks

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1422437 is a reply to message #826786]

Fri, 12 September 2014 17:34

Eclipse User

I found this solution very helpful, removed the 256m from "--launcher.XXMaxPermSize". It works for me.
Thanks a lot. Cool

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1448541 is a reply to message #668086]

Mon, 20 October 2014 00:31

Eclipse User

Permissible way to resolve this issue is, either you restart your java tree or change the --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m to 128m

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1692826 is a reply to message #668086]

Mon, 20 April 2015 00:14

Eclipse User

Deleting all the content from the eclipse.ini has worked for me. Though it's strange, it has profited.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1692925 is a reply to message #1692826]

Mon, 20 April 2015 11:37

Eclipse User

Moderator here.
Most of the advice in this thread is bad, misguided. Some of these hacks might work temporarily or on certain machine configurations, but the contents of eclipse.ini are not trivial nor arbitrary.
For the authoritative reference, see this wiki page that explains the contents of the file. Also note the See Also links at the bottom of that page for more details about things like heap size, etc.

DO NOT delete eclipse.ini, EVER. It is also inadvisable to remove the -vm or Xmx options. If you do, you're asking for trouble.

Finally, please DO NOT post to this thread with a "thank you" or "works for me" messages; I'll lock the thread if we get too many of those.

Re: "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."..huh? [message #1717502 is a reply to message #1692925]

Mon, 14 December 2015 07:11

Eclipse User

I download Eclipse Mars Windows version and have this problem. I edit eclipse.ini and convert EOL to CRLF then save. Problem fixed.

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