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solarwind

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From: Toronto

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 546

Freezing Eclipse

I've tried installing eclipse from the repositories and downloading the distribution from the internet, but no matter what I do, it never manages to start up. When I run Eclipse, the splash screen appears and it starts "loading" itself. The progress bar gets to around 80% and then it gets stuck, taking up 100% CPU. It just stays there unless I kill it.

Can someone please help me find a solution to this problem?

ronandi

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From: US

Registered: 2008-04-26

Posts: 65

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Idk about the part where it takes up a lot of CPU, but mine hangs too on the splash screen when it says "Loading Workbench"

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Condex

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From: Sol III - Sol System

Registered: 2008-02-04

Posts: 38

Re: Freezing Eclipse

mmmm... I made a few tests(6 exactly), launching the program from the menu icon and from the console, the results are quite interesting:

-Launched the program 3 times from the menu: crashed 3 times.
-Launched the program 3 times from the console(Yakuake): crashed 0 times.

I don't know why this happens

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solarwind

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From: Toronto

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 546

Re: Freezing Eclipse

mmmm... I made a few tests(6 exactly), launching the program from the menu icon and from the console, the results are quite interesting:

-Launched the program 3 times from the menu: crashed 3 times.
-Launched the program 3 times from the console(Yakuake): crashed 0 times.

I don't know why this happens

I've been launching it from the terminal as well. Still has the problem.

Condex

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From: Sol III - Sol System

Registered: 2008-02-04

Posts: 38

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Tested a few more times, same results, it crashes if I launch it from the menu, but runs fine from the terminal

Maybe it's a problem with the last version of the JRE, 'cause it started happening after the last upgrades, but I upgraded a lot of packages xD...

Just in case, I'm running this version:

Eclipse SDK
Version: 3.3.1.1
Build id: M20071023-1652

Cheers!
Condex-

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Bapman

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From: Ottawa, Canada

Registered: 2007-09-02

Posts: 140

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Well-known problem : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46443

Normally, you shouldn't encounter it with the latest firefox and xulrunner (I upgraded them yesterday and Eclipse still works fine).

Last edited by Bapman (2008-04-30 14:31:07)

solarwind

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From: Toronto

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 546

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Well-known problem : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46443

Normally, you shouldn't encounter it with the latest firefox and xulrunner (I upgraded them yesterday and Eclipse still works fine).

Awesome, thanks!

avelino

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Registered: 2008-04-08

Posts: 6

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Try this:

1) pacman  -S extra/xulrunner
2) Edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and put this line: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.8.1.14 (in my case, version is 1.8.1.14)
3) Run ldconfig

Eclipse run with firefox fine!

(sorry my english!)

solarwind

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From: Toronto

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 546

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Thanks, I fixed the problem!

xbrunox

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From: Lisboa, Portugal

Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 21

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Re: Freezing Eclipse

Try this:

1) pacman  -S extra/xulrunner
2) Edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and put this line: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.8.1.14 (in my case, version is 1.8.1.14)
3) Run ldconfig

Eclipse run with firefox fine!

(sorry my english!)

Just excellent, now it works fine

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avelino

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Registered: 2008-04-08

Posts: 6

Re: Freezing Eclipse

Try this:

1) pacman  -S extra/xulrunner
2) Edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and put this line: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.8.1.14 (in my case, version is 1.8.1.14)
3) Run ldconfig

Eclipse run with firefox fine!

(sorry my english!)

Just excellent, now it works fine

I had forgotten the "ldconfig."
It used it in Slackware!