it fails with the following trace : * Building Mozilla component g++ -O -fPIC -fno-rtti -Wall -I./ -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include/linux -include /usr/lib/mozilla/include/mozilla-config.h -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/string -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/nspr -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/embed_base -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/gfx -c xpcom.cpp In file included from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManager.h:178, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h:27, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIFile.h:823, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsILocalFile.h:10, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/embed_base/nsEmbedAPI.h:28, from xpcom.cpp:33: /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:48: warning: `class nsGetServiceByCID' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:81: warning: `class nsGetServiceByContractID' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:114: warning: `class nsGetServiceFromCategory' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor In file included from xpcom.cpp:37: /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:45: warning: `class nsArrayEnumerator' only defines a private destructor and has no friends /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:45: warning: `class nsArrayEnumerator' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:72: warning: `class nsSingletonEnumerator' only defines a private destructor and has no friends /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:72: warning: `class nsSingletonEnumerator' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor g++ -shared -fpic -s -o libswt-mozilla-gtk-3062.so xpcom.o -L/usr/lib/mozilla -lxpcom * Building resources.core plugin gcc -fPIC -g -c -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include/linux core.c -o core.o gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,libcore.so -o libcore_2_1_0b.so core.o -lc * Building GTK+ frontend -- see compilelog.txt for details Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap !!! ERROR: dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.0.0 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 246, Exitcode 1 !!! Failed to compile java code (gtk+) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge eclipse-sdk 2. 3. Actual Results: it fails with the following trace : * Building Mozilla component g++ -O -fPIC -fno-rtti -Wall -I./ -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include/linux -include /usr/lib/mozilla/include/mozilla-config.h -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/string -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/nspr -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/embed_base -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/gfx -c xpcom.cpp In file included from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManager.h:178, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h:27, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIFile.h:823, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsILocalFile.h:10, from /usr/lib/mozilla/include/embed_base/nsEmbedAPI.h:28, from xpcom.cpp:33: /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:48: warning: `class nsGetServiceByCID' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:81: warning: `class nsGetServiceByContractID' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsIServiceManagerUtils.h:114: warning: `class nsGetServiceFromCategory' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor In file included from xpcom.cpp:37: /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:45: warning: `class nsArrayEnumerator' only defines a private destructor and has no friends /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:45: warning: `class nsArrayEnumerator' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:72: warning: `class nsSingletonEnumerator' only defines a private destructor and has no friends /usr/lib/mozilla/include/xpcom/nsEnumeratorUtils.h:72: warning: `class nsSingletonEnumerator' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor g++ -shared -fpic -s -o libswt-mozilla-gtk-3062.so xpcom.o -L/usr/lib/mozilla -lxpcom * Building resources.core plugin gcc -fPIC -g -c -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include -I/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05/include/linux core.c -o core.o gcc -g -shared -Wl,-soname,libcore.so -o libcore_2_1_0b.so core.o -lc * Building GTK+ frontend -- see compilelog.txt for details Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap !!! ERROR: dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.0.0 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 246, Exitcode 1 !!! Failed to compile java code (gtk+) Expected Results: success [root@gui - 22:31:35 - /usr/var/tmp/portage] # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r0, 2.6.7-love5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-love5 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) MP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.1 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/tomcat /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dga directfb doc dvd encode esd evo fam fbcon foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib ipv6 java jikes jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg nas ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba scanner sdl slang slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib"
I'm doing eclipse.
Are you low on memory? Is swap off? Do have any security patches enabled in your kernel? Please note that you need about ~700MBs (perhaps more in javadoc) of memory to compile Eclipse.