Bug 55109 – Eclipse-2.1.3 crashes on start

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description mike 2004-06-24 20:56:50 UTC]

when I try to run eclipse, the splash screen comes up, then it dies with a pop window error.  

The window says, "Problems during startup. Check the ".log" file
in the ".metadata" directory of your workspace."

I am using the blackdown jdk, and I saw the bug issued for that.  So I patched the ebuild and recompiled, but the problem persists.

The output in the .log file is as follows:
!SESSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Jun 25, 2004 24:45:20.10
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFile(RegistryLoader.java:89)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathFile(RegistryLoader.java:136)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathEntry(RegistryLoader.java:127)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFiles(RegistryLoader.java:104)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:63)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:71)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.parsePlugins(InternalPlatform.java:890)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loadRegistry(InternalPlatform.java:834)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loaderStartup(InternalPlatform.java:684)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.startup(InternalBootLoader.java:1040)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(InternalBootLoader.java:838)
        at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:461)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:291)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:747)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:583)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException
        at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(SAXParser.java:95)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.initializeParser(PluginParser.java:80)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.<clinit>(PluginParser.java:44)
        ... 23 more


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.run eclipse-2
2.
3.

[Comment 1 Andy Daniels 2004-06-24 21:17:55 UTC]

Can you give an 'emerge info' and give exact version on blackdown-jdk?

[Comment 2 Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) 2004-06-25 07:12:47 UTC]

I'm doing eclipse.

[Comment 3 Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) 2004-06-25 07:15:00 UTC]

We can't reproduce this. 

Since 2.1.3, we have upgraded the ebuild to 2.1.3-r3.
I suggest you try installing that one instead, and if the problem persists,
make out a new bug against 2.1.3-r3, with the complete logfile, emerge info,
and java -version.