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Eclipse crashes when using search function in Help [message #755818]

Wed, 09 November 2011 11:50

Eclipse User

Whenever I navigate to Help - Help Contents in my Eclipse and enter a search term in the search box, the indexing starts but after a few seconds eclipse crashes. How to fix this?

[Updated on: Wed, 09 November 2011 11:55] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse crashes when using search function in Help [message #755819 is a reply to message #755818]

Wed, 09 November 2011 11:55

Eclipse User

I had this issue on a win 64 bit Eclipse
Version: Helios Service Release 2
Build id: 20110218-0911

The problem was that by default my Eclipse was started with the JRE 7 I have installed.

The issue was fixed when I added:
-vm C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_27/bin/javaw.exe

between the lines
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
and
-showsplash
in the eclipse.ini file in my eclipse installation folder.

Re: Eclipse crashes when using search function in Help [message #759185 is a reply to message #755819]

Sun, 27 November 2011 08:33

Eclipse User

Brilliant -- thanks for posting the workaround, Robert.

Exactly the same has just happened to me (enter Help, type text, hit Go, see it index and *bam*, Eclipse falls over).

Have added

-vm C:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin/javaw.exe

to my eclipse.ini file, and at can at least search the help system now.

Cheers, Aidan

Re: Eclipse crashes when using search function in Help [message #759248 is a reply to message #759185]

Sun, 27 November 2011 23:40

Eclipse User

Thanks for your feedback. Glad this helped.

Robert

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