JVM error when I run eclipse

tareqth · 07-20-2005, 04:13 PM

K I'm new to Linux thing.

I've istalled the J2SDK RPM in order to run Eclipse SDK.

When I run Eclipse I get thisss message before Eclipse starts loading:

JVM terminated. Exit code=1
/usr/bin/java
-Xms40m
-Xmx256m
-jar /prog/eclipse/startup.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86
-launcher /prog/eclipse/eclipse
-name Eclipse
-showsplash 600
-exitdata 1b0002
-vm /usr/bin/java
-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx256m
-jar /prog/eclipse/startup.jar

and Eclipse terminates before starting to load.

please help

cleidh_mor · 07-20-2005, 04:49 PM

Hi tareqth,

What version of java are you using? I see from the Eclipse web page they only support v 1.3.1 which is quite old:

Quote:

Linux

JavaTM 2 SDK, Standard Edition Version 1.3.1_01
JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.3.1_01

You can get your java version by running

Code:

$java -version

on your shell. For example, I get the following output:

Code:

~> java -version
java version "1.5.0_03"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_03-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_03-b07, mixed mode, sharing)

Cheers,

Cleidh Mor

tareqth · 07-21-2005, 03:43 AM

Thanx for replying, cleidh_mor.

I have jre 1.4.2:

Code:

java version "1.4.2"
gcj (GCC) 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)

I think it's sstrange, I've installed JSDK but just found out that actually the working environment is GNU's !

tareqth · 07-21-2005, 08:55 AM

Trying lal lthis time to install Sun's j2sdk, but nothing goes for me

First of all I erased the gcc-java package.

Then installed j2sdk's rpm, but comamnds were not recognized.

Untnstalled the j2sdk rpm package, downloaded the bin package, created directory /usr/local/java/j2sdk-1.4.2, and unpacked the archive to that directory.

Then added this to my "/etc/profile":

Code:

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/java/j2sdk*/bin
export PATH

But this also didn't help.

Any suggestions, please?

cleidh_mor · 07-22-2005, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Then added this to my "/etc/profile":

code:

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/java/j2sdk*/bin
export PATH

Hmm, I'm not sure that wildcard you've put in your path would work. Also, bear in mind that you've still got a newer version of Java installed than Eclipse specify. What command is it that you're trying to run? What happens when you try this:

Code:

$ cd /usr/local/java/j2sdk-1.4.2
$ java -version
$ <insert whatever command you were trying before

You may well need to uninstall whatever versions of Java are already installed before trying Sun's RPM / BIN file.