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Bug 349623 - Helios error on (failed) startup caused by jvm
Summary: Helios error on (failed) startup caused by jvm
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 critical (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-06-16 15:50 EDT by Zongheng Mising name CLA
Modified: 2011-06-16 17:05 EDT (History)
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error on startup (13.98 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-06-16 15:51 EDT, Zongheng Mising name CLA 		no flags Details
eclipse.ini (454 bytes, text/text)
2011-06-16 16:39 EDT, Zongheng Mising name CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Zongheng Mising name CLA 2011-06-16 15:50:25 EDT 
Build Identifier: Helios

After a new Sun Java JDK install, Helios fails to start with the error message in attachment. Basically, it's broken.

I don't know if this is a problem with Java install as I had to modify manually some environment variables not modified by the install. This raised more errors than this last one at startup.

CLASSPATH : C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\client;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin\client;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin\client

JAVA_HOME :C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin

Path = %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. uninstall any JRE or JDK
2. strip off java environment variables
3. install last version 1.6.025 of JDK
4. start eclipse
Comment 1 Zongheng Mising name CLA 2011-06-16 15:51:33 EDT 
Created attachment 198146 [details]
error on startup
Comment 2 Francis Upton IV CLA 2011-06-16 15:59:04 EDT 
You probably downloaded a 64-bit version of Eclipse. Make sure you have the 32 bit version.
Comment 3 Zongheng Mising name CLA 2011-06-16 16:39:53 EDT 
Created attachment 198150 [details]
eclipse.ini

can you tell from eclipse.ini ?
Comment 4 Francis Upton IV CLA 2011-06-16 16:41:48 EDT 
Yes, you have the 64 bit version:

--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222

Note: x86_64
Comment 5 Francis Upton IV CLA 2011-06-16 16:43:05 EDT 
Gratuitous comment required by bugzilla.
Comment 6 Zongheng Mising name CLA 2011-06-16 17:05:31 EDT 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Yes, you have the 64 bit version:
> 
> --launcher.library
> plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222
> 
> Note: x86_64

Please note Eclipse was working before this last Java update. Several Java updates took place before and none caused this problem.