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| Summary: | Eclipse fails to start - log reports java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 117 in class file org/eclipse/ui/ide/IDE | ||||||||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] Platform | Reporter: | risenhoover | ||||||
| Component: | IDE | Assignee: | Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox> | ||||||
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT_ECLIPSE | QA Contact: | |||||||
| Severity: | critical | ||||||||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | remy.suen | ||||||
| Version: | 3.6 | ||||||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | Macintosh | ||||||||
| OS: | Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.) | ||||||||
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Created attachment 175651 [details]
Screen capture of error message before Eclipse exits
Created attachment 175652 [details]
This is the ./metadata/.log file that is generated
If you extract a new Eclipse, does it run? If you use a different VM, does Eclipse run? Have not seen a response to Remy's questions. This looks like a problem with the JVM on the user's machine; I have seen mention of this sort of thing before when the JVM has been corrupted. |
Build Identifier: Unknown I have been using eclipse every day for weeks on end. I have not installed any new components into Eclipse. Yesterday or the day before, I upgraded Apple Safari. This morning, when I attempted start Eclipse, I got a model error message and then Eclipse exited. This is what was placed in the log file: !SESSION 2010-07-31 10:24:51.632 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=unknown java.version=1.6.0_20 java.vendor=Apple Inc. BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86, WS=cocoa, NL=en_US Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product -keyring /Users/pauly/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation Command-line arguments: -os macosx -ws cocoa -arch x86 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product -keyring /Users/pauly/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2010-07-31 10:24:56.668 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 117 in class file org/eclipse/ui/ide/IDE at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:616) In an attempt to resolve the problem, I deleted the .metdata directory, but I get the same results. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. I simply try to start Eclipse