How to diagnose eclipse crashes?

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OMG, eclipse (it's Gallileo, but with previous versions I also had such problems) crashed again, silently as always. That can happen one time per week, but this is really annoying. All I have now is a crash log. Are there any ways of discovering the true reason of these crashes?

Header of crash log, can't see anything useful:

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# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
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#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x6d80f8d4, pid=1388, tid=3180
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# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_12-b04 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [jvm.dll+0xcf8d4]
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asked on Stack Overflow Jul 28, 2009 by okutane

3 Answers

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For Galileo, I would recommend trying to launch it with the most recent JVM possible;

That does not mean you have to compile your projects with that JDK: you can declare as many JDK you want within your eclipse session.

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(source: benmccann.com)

(although this picture shows jdk1.5, you can launch eclipse with any other JVM)

See this eclipse.ini for more details.

As this recent thread illustrates, that can happens with an "old" eclipse.ini, so it is worth checking and updating the ini file.

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 28, 2009 by VonC • edited Apr 1, 2019 by Glorfindel
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I used to have these kind of silent crashes on 64-bit Linux. For me it was fine after adding these lines to my eclipse.ini (see corresponding Eclipse and Sun bug entries):

-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,<init>
answered on Stack Overflow Jul 28, 2009 by Fabian Steeg
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This is a bug in the Sun's Java VM which Eclipse triggers. These are notoriously hard to figure out. I suggest this approach:

  1. Install a newer VM (1.5.0 16 or 1.6)
  2. Disable all plugins you've installed
  3. I had a similar issue with Groovy on Linux. I don't remember my solution but try a different version of Groovy in this case.
answered on Stack Overflow Jul 28, 2009 by Aaron Digulla

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