Eclipse Ganymede crashes with hot spot error

[Eric Helfrich]

For what it is worth - -it *just* started crashing with the hotspot error under intrepid ibex this morning which is what prompted the upgrade. I am going to try openjdk6 as well and will update later. This is a show stopper for me.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

 ./eclipse
[WARNING] Overriding profile: 'prod-webstart-tomcat' (source: settings.xml) with new instance from source: settings.xml
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb75ee705, pid=12675, tid=3084596928
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (11.3-b02 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86)
# Problematic frame:
# C [libxcb.so.1+0x9705]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/ehelfrich/apps/eclipse-ganymede/hs_err_pid12675.log
#
# 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.
#
Aborted
ehelfrich@ehelfrich:~/apps/eclipse-ganymede$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_13"

[Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick)]

Are you using the version of eclipse from the Ubuntu repository? If so, do you still encounter this error on Karmic or Lucid beta?

[Niels Thykier (niels-thykier)]

Gabe Gorelick wrote:
> Are you using the version of eclipse from the Ubuntu repository? If so,
> do you still encounter this error on Karmic or Lucid beta?
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => eclipse (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: eclipse (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Hi

It appears you have installed both your JVM and eclipse outside
Ubuntu[1], unfortunately we cannot help with this setup. Particularly we
have patched eclipse to various degrees to fix crashes.

The best I can offer for you is for you to try to set the following
variable before starting eclipse (if you have not already done so).
  export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true

That or install your eclipse and your JVM via Ubuntu's repositories. Be
advised however that Ubuntu ships with eclipse Galileo, so you may want
to keep a backup of your current eclipse install (and your ~/.eclipse +
workspace) if you experience any problems.

~Niels

[1]
/home/ehelfrich/apps/eclipse-ganymede/eclipse
/home/ehelfrich/apps/jdk1.6.0_13/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so

 status invalid