| Eclipse Help crashes --- where's the log file? [message #260122] |
Thu, 08 July 2004 12:28  |
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Originally posted by: alex.iverbi.de
Hi,
I am a total noob to Eclipse, and currently I have a problem that I can't
find the relevant piece of information needed in order to fix it.
After installation of a few plug-ins, Eclipse wouldn't start anymore on my
SuSE Linux Pro 9.1 box. So I deleted the eclipse application directory as a
whole, including all plug-ins. Then I re-installed Eclipse 3.0 by unpacking
the zip file.
Eclipse starts again, but the Help doesn't work anymore. Error message:
"An exception occurred while launching help. Refer to the log for more
details."
Now, where is this log file located?
And where does Eclipse store information? I can't find any Eclipse related
files in my home directory, apart from the application installation
directory.
Thanks!
Alex
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| Re: Eclipse Help crashes --- where's the log file? [message #260134 is a reply to message #260122] |
Fri, 09 July 2004 10:53  |
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Alex Bär wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a total noob to Eclipse, and currently I have a problem that I can't
> find the relevant piece of information needed in order to fix it.
>
> After installation of a few plug-ins, Eclipse wouldn't start anymore on my
> SuSE Linux Pro 9.1 box. So I deleted the eclipse application directory as a
> whole, including all plug-ins. Then I re-installed Eclipse 3.0 by unpacking
> the zip file.
>
> Eclipse starts again, but the Help doesn't work anymore. Error message:
>
> "An exception occurred while launching help. Refer to the log for more
> details."
>
> Now, where is this log file located?
in %eclipse%/workspace/.metadata/.log
> And where does Eclipse store information? I can't find any Eclipse related
> files in my home directory, apart from the application installation
> directory.
configuration information is stored in:
- the %eclipse%/workspace/.metadata directory
- the projects' directories for some plugins
> Thanks!
>
> Alex
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| Re: Eclipse Help crashes --- where's the log file? [message #260196 is a reply to message #260134] |
Thu, 08 July 2004 13:10 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: alex.iverbi.de
Jean Couillaud wrote:
> Alex Bär wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a total noob to Eclipse, and currently I have a problem that I can't
>> find the relevant piece of information needed in order to fix it.
>>
>> After installation of a few plug-ins, Eclipse wouldn't start anymore on
>> my SuSE Linux Pro 9.1 box. So I deleted the eclipse application directory
>> as a whole, including all plug-ins. Then I re-installed Eclipse 3.0 by
>> unpacking the zip file.
>>
>> Eclipse starts again, but the Help doesn't work anymore. Error message:
>>
>> "An exception occurred while launching help. Refer to the log for more
>> details."
>>
>> Now, where is this log file located?
>
> in %eclipse%/workspace/.metadata/.log
>
>> And where does Eclipse store information? I can't find any Eclipse
>> related files in my home directory, apart from the application
>> installation directory.
>
> configuration information is stored in:
> - the %eclipse%/workspace/.metadata directory
> - the projects' directories for some plugins
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Alex
Thanks! In the log file I saw what the problem was: Mozilla is
pre-configured as the default help browser, but I recently de-installed it.
So my problem was a side effect of something totally unrelated with
Eclipse...
However, I'd appreciate better error messages in the error box. Why not
write there what's written in the log file...?
Anyway, it works now, thanks!
Regards
Alex
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