Re: [eclipse-dev] REPOST: Eclipse can fail on startup - check your VM.

[Kim Moir <Kim_Moir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The download page for M6 has been updated
to reflect this caveat.

Kim

Chris McLaren/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA Sent by: eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 01/21/2004 09:25 AM Please respond to eclipse-dev

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We are still being inundated with reports of this problem with the M6 build.
Please make sure that if you are using the Sun VM, it is version 1.4.1
or higher. 

Could someone with the appropriate rights update the download page to reflect
this important point? 

Thanks, 
Chris. 


----- Forwarded by Chris McLaren/Ottawa/IBM on 01/21/04 09:14 AM -----

Chris McLaren/Ottawa/IBM

12/12/03 11:49 AM

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Subject	Eclipse can fail on startup - check your VM.

We've had a number of reports of a Eclipse failing to start beginning with
M5. This problem recurred today suggesting that it will continue to be
an issue. 
All of instances of this problem thus far occurred on Windows while running
Sun's 1.4.0 VM, and all could be fixed by running Sun's 1.4.1 or 1.4.2
VM. 

If eclipse is not starting at all and you suspect this problem, try launching
with this command line parameter: 
-consoleLog 
You won't get any further in terms of starting Eclipse, but you will be
able to look at the title bar of the console window to confirm the path
to the VM you are trying to start with. 

You can specify which VM to use with this command line parameter:
-vm c:\myLatestVM\bin\java.exe 

Regarding the 1.4.0 VM, according to Sun: 
"Sun in no way recommends [J2SE v 1.4.0] be used in a live, production
environment." 

For more information on this bug see: 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=47296

Thanks, 
Chris