Bug 368229 – dev-util/eclipse-sdk - eclipse crashes on libmozjs.so

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE

[Description Jakub Podlaha 2011-05-21 07:22:58 UTC]

Created attachment 274179 [details]
detailed java error log

Both eclipse 3.5 (stable in portage) and 3.6 (from layman/dustin overlay) crashes when tooltip appears. 

here is the error:
$ eclipse-3.6 
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x8d2fd260, pid=4715, tid=3063405424
#
# JRE version: 6.0_24-b07
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (19.1-b02 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libmozjs.so+0x76260]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/nardi/hs_err_pid4715.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

File libmozjs.so belongs to dev-lang/spidermonkey so it's probably javascript issue. 

I figured out, that reemerging with USE="-xulrunner" fixed this. 

I'd suggest eclipse-sdk[xulrunner] to be masked.

[Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2011-05-25 14:26:10 UTC]

Please post your `emerge --info' output too.

[Comment 2 Jakub Podlaha 2011-05-25 21:49:55 UTC]

Created attachment 274653 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 3 Florian Schmaus 2011-06-03 13:28:42 UTC]

I have the same issue. It is also described here http://gentoowar.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-xulrunner-and-eclipse.html and here http://www.niftiestsoftware.com/2011/02/26/eclipse-crashing-on-documentation-popups-appearing/. But both suggestions did not resolve the crash for me. :(
The only thing that has helped so far was an "emerge -C xulrunner" making it impossible to use firefox.

[Comment 4 Sergey Kishchenko 2011-06-15 22:36:04 UTC]

I have the same issue. A simple workaround is to create empty libmozjs.so in the working directory and start eclipse from there. It works for me

[Comment 5 Yoan Blanc 2011-10-01 06:40:41 UTC]

This worked for me as a workaround:

add this to /etc/portage/package.use

dev-java/swt -xulrunner

unmerge swt and then reinstall eclipse:

# emerge -C =dev-java/swt-1.5.2
# emerge dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.5.1-r1

[Comment 6 Gian 2012-01-02 13:35:38 UTC]

I can confirm this issue and also that disabling the xulrunner flag for swt fixes it. Any news on this?

[Comment 7 James Le Cuirot 2016-02-17 13:33:54 UTC]

Closing as these versions are ancient and the package has been removed from the tree. xulrunner is long dead now so if the package were to return, I doubt this would be an issue.