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Bug 28868

Summary: Cannot start eclipse executable on Red Hat Linux 8.0
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Lee <DLSoftware99>
Component: ResourcesAssignee: Platform-Resources-Inbox <platform-resources-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: critical    
Priority: P3    
Version: 2.0.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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Description Lee CLA 2002-12-25 02:10:32 EST
I'm trying to run the Eclipse 2.0.2 executable on Red Hat Linux 8.0 (running
JavaSoft JDK
1.3.1_06) and am getting the following error in my workspace/.metadata/.log file:

java.lang.NullPointerException
   at 0x4028112c: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x402740af: java.lang.Exception.Exception() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x402779b3: java.lang.RuntimeException.RuntimeException()
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x402770a7: java.lang.NullPointerException.NullPointerException()
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x402485cd: _Jv_InterpMethod.continue1(_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248e34: _Jv_InterpMethod.run(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40246424: _Jv_InterpMethod.run_normal(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw, void)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d1bc: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x4039d347: ffi_call_SYSV (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d307: ffi_raw_call (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248528: _Jv_InterpMethod.continue1(_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248e34: _Jv_InterpMethod.run(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40246424: _Jv_InterpMethod.run_normal(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw, void)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d1bc: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x4039d347: ffi_call_SYSV (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d307: ffi_raw_call (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248528: _Jv_InterpMethod.continue1(_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248e34: _Jv_InterpMethod.run(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40246424: _Jv_InterpMethod.run_normal(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw, void)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d1bc: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x4039d347: ffi_call_SYSV (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d307: ffi_raw_call (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248528: _Jv_InterpMethod.continue1(_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40248e34: _Jv_InterpMethod.run(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40246424: _Jv_InterpMethod.run_normal(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw, void)
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4039d1bc: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x4025b308: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.call_main() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
  at 0x402c60b1: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x40267fdc: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x4023478c: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const,
boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
   at 0x08048900: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x420158d4: ?? (??:0)
   at 0x080486c1: ?? (??:0)
Comment 1 Sonia Dimitrov CLA 2003-01-02 10:33:18 EST
Are there steps we can follow to reproduce the problem?
Comment 2 Sonia Dimitrov CLA 2003-01-02 10:46:17 EST

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28887 ***