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Unable to start eclipse [message #164676]

Tue, 08 August 2006 19:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david.oversley.com

Can anyone help me please to get eclipse running.
I am getting the following written to the log after trying to start
eclipse:

!SESSION Tue Aug 08 23:59:12 BST 2006
------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Aug 08, 2006 23:59:12.46
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:395)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:174)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:704)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:688)

After much searching I have found a few references to this problem but
none of the solutions seem to work for me. (Just my luck)

I have downloaded version 3.2 and managed to unzip it correctly as far as
I can tell.

The only thing I can think of that might be somehow causing the problem is
that I have the Pervasive Workgroup on my PC which uses eclipse for the
Pervasive Control Centre.

I am running on Windows XP Pro and have jre1.5.0_06. This is the only JRE
on the system.

I have tried starting eclipse with 'initialize' 'clean' and 'install',
none of which has made any difference.

Editing the config.ini to specify the framework location results in a file
not found error and complains that it cannot find eclipse.properties. (I
can't either)

Any ideas would really be appreciated as this is just about driving me
crazy now.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Unable to start eclipse [message #164702 is a reply to message #164676]

Wed, 09 August 2006 00:16

Eclipse User

Dave wrote:
> Can anyone help me please to get eclipse running.
> I am getting the following written to the log after trying to start
> eclipse:
>
> !SESSION Tue Aug 08 23:59:12 BST 2006
> ------------------------------------------
> !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Aug 08, 2006 23:59:12.46
> !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
> !STACK
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
> at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:395)
> at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:174)
> at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:704)
> at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:688)
>
> After much searching I have found a few references to this problem but
> none of the solutions seem to work for me. (Just my luck)
>
> I have downloaded version 3.2 and managed to unzip it correctly as far
> as I can tell.

What did you unzip it with? Check one of Jeff Myers' many, many
responses that suggests a non-default-unzip recommendation of
http://www.7-zip.org/ ... I've never used it, but for sure the "default"
XP unzipper has caused many people problems.

> The only thing I can think of that might be somehow causing the problem
> is that I have the Pervasive Workgroup on my PC which uses eclipse for
> the Pervasive Control Centre.
>
> I am running on Windows XP Pro and have jre1.5.0_06. This is the only
> JRE on the system.
>
> I have tried starting eclipse with 'initialize' 'clean' and 'install',
> none of which has made any difference.
>
> Editing the config.ini to specify the framework location results in a
> file not found error and complains that it cannot find
> eclipse.properties. (I can't either)
>
> Any ideas would really be appreciated as this is just about driving me
> crazy now.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

--
RDS

Randy D. Smith randy (dot) d (dot) smith (at) intel (dot) com
Eclipse TPTP Committer, Platform Proj (data collection/agent controller)

Re: Unable to start eclipse [message #164711 is a reply to message #164702]

Wed, 09 August 2006 02:30

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david.oversley.com

Thanks Randy for the response, but unfortunately this does not seem to be
the problem. I have un-zipped with the default XP 'Compressed Files' tool,
WinRar and 7-Zip. (In that order). All have unzipped without problems. All
resulted in the 'framework not found' error remaining.

I deleted the original target directory each time and I have downloaded
and installed the 120M SDK file twice. Currently unzipped with 7-Zip.

Any other thoughts?

Re: Unable to start eclipse [message #164896 is a reply to message #164711]

Wed, 09 August 2006 18:52

Eclipse User

Dave wrote:
> Thanks Randy for the response, but unfortunately this does not seem to
> be the problem. I have un-zipped with the default XP 'Compressed Files'
> tool, WinRar and 7-Zip. (In that order). All have unzipped without
> problems. All resulted in the 'framework not found' error remaining.
>
> I deleted the original target directory each time and I have downloaded
> and installed the 120M SDK file twice. Currently unzipped with 7-Zip.
>
> Any other thoughts?

In your original post you said jre1.5.0_06 "is the only JRE on the
system" ... how do you know that? Is it first on your PATH? If not,
could you try specifying that version's JVM using the -vm argument (or
else putting it first on your PATH) just to be sure we're getting THAT
JVM, and not, e.g., a 1.3.1 JVM squirreled away somewhere on the system
path as some people have run into (usually after loading some product
based on Oracle).

You also mentioned "Editing the config.ini" file ... what file are you
referring to?? I see an "eclipse.ini" file... but have never seen anyone
*have* to change that file.

That's all the other thoughts I have at the moment.
--
RDS

Randy D. Smith randy (dot) d (dot) smith (at) intel (dot) com
Eclipse TPTP Committer, Platform Proj (data collection/agent controller)

Re: Unable to start eclipse -- Solved [message #164935 is a reply to message #164896]

Thu, 10 August 2006 02:40

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: david.oversley.com

Again thanks Randy.

I finally traced the problem. I had (somehow or other) managed to get a
copy of startup.jar in my jre\lib\ext folder.

This was causing Eclipse to determine that the install was in this
directory rather than in its real location. Hence the 'no framework found'
error.

Deleted this entry and all was well again.

Now I feel a little stupid about this one :)

Anyway thanks all for your help and maybe this post will save someone else
tearing their hair out for three days.

Dave

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