Java applications crash with Sun JDK 1.6 (6-04-2) on x86_64

[Fedor Isakov]

I have just installed 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 beta , and I'm experiencing crashes of Eclipse when using Sun JDK 1.6 from the repository:

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f8d3b01722a, pid=12707, tid=1107421520
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (10.0-b19 mixed mode linux-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# V [libjvm.so+0x1f122a]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

It doesn't seem to be Eclipse-specific, but it does seem to be specific to 64-bit, see

http://www.google.com/search?q=libjvm.so%2B0x1f122a

I fixed the issue for myself by manually installing java packages from Gutsy (6-03-0).

[Renaud Delbru (renaud-delbru)]

Similar problem here with ubuntu 8.04 64 bits and Sun JDK 1.6. Eclipse 3.3.2 crashes randomly after few minutes.

Attached log file.

[David (david-spiraltechnology)]

I've also got this problem. I'm using ubuntu 8.04 beta AMD 64, Sun JDK 1.6 (synaptic version: 6-04-02, java version: build 1.6.0_04-b12)
Eclipse ran ok allowing me to install plugin's and check code out of svn, the crash occurs when it starts compiling the workspace.

[Renaud Delbru (renaud-delbru)]

I confirm that Gutsy java packages for Sun JDK 1.6 (64 bits, build 1.6.0_03-b05) fix the problem.
I have tried also to install manually the Sun JDK 1.6 (jdk-6u5-linux-x64.bin), but the same error has occured.

[David (david-spiraltechnology)]

Forgive the beginners question... How do I install the gutsy java packages to work around this problem?

I've added to my sources.list

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse

but when I try and force the version in Synaptic and choose the gutsy version it shows no packages to update?
Cheers, David

[Fedor Isakov (fisakov)]

David,

what you need is to "pin" the packages to the wanted version. Run 'man apt_preferences' to learn how to. Here's my /etc/apt/preferences file:

Package: sun-java6-bin sun-java6-doc sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-source
Pin: version 6-03-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1001

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Can you reproduce this in Hardy, sun-java6 6-05-0ubuntu1 (build 1.6.0_05-b13) ?

Eclipse on x64 is known to crash due 'Java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space' errors, but this is probably something different.

[Fedor Isakov (fisakov)]

Reproducible in Hardy/64 with latest updates and sun-java-jdk 6-05-0ubuntu1.

[Belkale (bnaveenbhat)]

Even I am facing the same problem while running Eclipse. Can this be fixed as early as possible?
Thanks,
Naveen.