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Unable to start Eclipse - Hangs [message #182534]

Fri, 01 December 2006 12:05

Eclipse User

System configuration:
* Windows XP (SP2)
* Eclipse 3.0.1

Scenario:
1) I have an Eclipse workspace that has been used for the past few
months so it has a lot of configuration data.
2) My Windows XP box crashed (blue screen of death)
3) When I start Eclipse for my existing workspace, it hangs forever (the
Eclipse Java executable is executing and eating up 50% CPU). Nothing is
written to the Eclipse log file. NOTE: Eclipse will startup fine when I
use a different workspace but that does not help me because I really want
to use my previous workspace.

No Solution Yet:
I have tried things like removing the Eclipse LOCK file and rebooting my
machine but those do not fix the problem.

Questions:
1) Is there a way to "recover" a corrupted workspace?
2) Is there a way to put Eclipse into a "debug" mode so that I can find
out what is corrupted in my Eclipse workspace and fix the problem?

Much thanks,
Bob

Re: Unable to start Eclipse - Hangs [message #182542 is a reply to message #182534]

Fri, 01 December 2006 12:20

Eclipse User

What happens if you start with a fresh workspace and then use
File/Switch Workspace? You could also try deleting everything but
config.ini from the eclipse/configuration directory.
-
Steve

Robert wrote:
> System configuration:
> * Windows XP (SP2)
> * Eclipse 3.0.1
>
> Scenario:
> 1) I have an Eclipse workspace that has been used for the past few
> months so it has a lot of configuration data.
> 2) My Windows XP box crashed (blue screen of death)
> 3) When I start Eclipse for my existing workspace, it hangs forever
> (the Eclipse Java executable is executing and eating up 50% CPU).
> Nothing is written to the Eclipse log file. NOTE: Eclipse will startup
> fine when I use a different workspace but that does not help me because
> I really want to use my previous workspace.
>
> No Solution Yet:
> I have tried things like removing the Eclipse LOCK file and rebooting
> my machine but those do not fix the problem.
>
> Questions:
> 1) Is there a way to "recover" a corrupted workspace?
> 2) Is there a way to put Eclipse into a "debug" mode so that I can find
> out what is corrupted in my Eclipse workspace and fix the problem?
>
> Much thanks,
> Bob
>

Re: Unable to start Eclipse - Hangs [message #182550 is a reply to message #182542]

Fri, 01 December 2006 12:55

Eclipse User

Steve,

When switching from one workspace to the corrupted workspace, it still
hangs.

I also removed everything from the configuration directory except for the
configuration directory except for the config.ini file and it still hangs.

I believe that something in my Eclipse workspace got corrupted when my
Windows box crashed. I'm thinking of just recreating the workspace from
scratch though I was hoping not to go thru that hassle.

Bob

Re: Unable to start Eclipse - Hangs [message #182637 is a reply to message #182534]

Fri, 01 December 2006 14:17

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com

Robert wrote:
> System configuration:
> * Windows XP (SP2)
> * Eclipse 3.0.1
>
> Scenario:
> 1) I have an Eclipse workspace that has been used for the past few
> months so it has a lot of configuration data.
> 2) My Windows XP box crashed (blue screen of death)
> 3) When I start Eclipse for my existing workspace, it hangs forever
> (the Eclipse Java executable is executing and eating up 50% CPU).
> Nothing is written to the Eclipse log file. NOTE: Eclipse will startup
> fine when I use a different workspace but that does not help me because
> I really want to use my previous workspace.
>
> No Solution Yet:
> I have tried things like removing the Eclipse LOCK file and rebooting
> my machine but those do not fix the problem.
>
> Questions:
> 1) Is there a way to "recover" a corrupted workspace?
> 2) Is there a way to put Eclipse into a "debug" mode so that I can find
> out what is corrupted in my Eclipse workspace and fix the problem?

You can add the -debug option to eclipse.exe and then look at the log
file for more details about what is going on.
Another option is to start eclipse with a java.exe instead of the
default javaw.exe. That will give you a console window for the Java
process and you can generate a stack dump from there using Ctrl+Break.
Posting that stack dump either here or in a bug report will help the
developers.

What might be faster/easier than trying to debug the corruption is to
create a new workspace and then just import your projects from the old
one into the new one. You will lose the Preferences from the old one
(unless you can get it to load eventually).

Hope this helps,
Eric

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