[jbosside-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-469) Does Not Launch on RHEL 5

[Mike Millson (JIRA)]

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBIDE-469?page=comments#action_12359191 ] 
            
Mike Millson commented on JBIDE-469:
------------------------------------

I have found a way to make this work. Instead of executing the eclipse binary directly, I start eclipse as follows:

java -jar startup.jar

This creates the following directories inside the configuration directory:
org.eclipse.core.runtime
org.eclipse.osgi
org.eclipse.update

And it creates the following file inside the configuration directory:
.settings

Eclipse starts up without any errors. Then if I run the eclipse executable directly, it starts. Apparently it was not starting up before because it was not able to create the configuration files it needs. But once the pump is primed by executing startup.jar directly, the executable works. I tried this on both the stock 3.1.2 eclipse and JBossIDE 1.6.0, and it works with both.

Well, at least there is a path forward for using JBoss IDE 1.6.0 on RHEL5.

Do you have any idea what is going on w/ Eclipse to cause this solution to work? I can see it works, but it doesn't make any sense to me.

> Does Not Launch on RHEL 5 
> --------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-469
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBIDE-469
>             Project: JBoss IDE
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: JBossIDE Core
>    Affects Versions: 1.6
>         Environment: RHEL 5 Workstation
>            Reporter: Mike Millson
>         Assigned To: Marshall Culpepper
>         Attachments: problems-opening-page.png, startup.log
>
>
> When I run the eclipse exectable, the JBoss IDE splash screen appears, then the "Select A Workspace" dialogue. After I select my workspace and click OK, Eclipse shows packages that it is loading. The last package loaded ends in ui.forms. Then the following error message is displayed (see attached screen shot):
> Problems Opening Page
> XPCOM error -2147467262
> When I click the OK button on the error dialogue, the "Welcome to JBoss IDE 1.6" dialogue is displayed. I cancel out of this dialogue (nothing to convert), and nothing is displayed. Eclipse just hangs.

-- 
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
-
If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa
-
For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira