Re: Running native eclipse on Debian (unstable/x86)

Hi,

> Someone asked how I got native eclipse running on my Debian box and how
> to get the JDT (Java Development Tools) and api documentation/code
> completion tooltips work out of the box.

I did exactly what you have suggested, except the tooltip documentation option.

My system is a debian unstable with glibc 2.3.2. 

Eclipse doesn't come up, it dies after displaying the splash screen. This is the log file:

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!SESSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Sep 17, 2003 06:22:20.743
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
   at _Jv_CallAnyMethodA(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class, _Jv_Method, boolean, java.lang.Class[],
 jvalue, jvalue) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at _Jv_CallAnyMethodA(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class, _Jv_Method, boolean, java.lang.Class[],
 java.lang.Object[]) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0
.0)
   at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(java.lang.String[]) (/usr/lib/eclipse/libstartup.so)
   at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(java.lang.String[]) (/usr/lib/eclipse/libstartup.so)
   at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(java.lang.String[]) (/usr/lib/eclipse/libstartup.so)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
   at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(java.lang.String, java.net.URL, java.la
ng.String, java.lang.String[], java.lang.Runnable) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.core.boot_
2.1.0/libboot.so)
   at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(java.lang.String, java.net.URL, java.lang.String, java.l
ang.String[], java.lang.Runnable) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.core.boot_2.1.0/libboot.so)
   at _Jv_CallAnyMethodA(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class, _Jv_Method, boolean, java.lang.Class[],
 jvalue, jvalue) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   ...5 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at java.util.Collections.compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.util.Comparator) (/lib
/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at java.util.Arrays.sort(java.lang.Object[], int, int, java.util.Comparator) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so
.4.0.0)
   at java.util.Arrays.sort(java.lang.Object[], java.util.Comparator) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at java.util.Collections.sort(java.util.List, java.util.Comparator) (/lib/ssa/libgcj.so.4.0.0)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurationInfo.readFeaturesInfo() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugi
ns/org.eclipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurationInfo.getFeaturesInfo() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugin
s/org.eclipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchActionBuilder.makeActions() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.ec
lipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchActionBuilder.buildActions() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.e
clipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.WorkbenchWindow(org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench, in
t) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.newWorkbenchWindow() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.
ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.openFirstTimeWindow() (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse
.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(java.lang.String[]) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.ecli
pse.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.run(java.lang.Object) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse
.ui.workbench_2.1.0/libworkbench.so)
   at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(java.lang.String, java.net.URL, java.la
ng.String, java.lang.String[], java.lang.Runnable) (/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.core.boot_
2.1.0/libboot.so)
   ...7 more
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Anyone has any ideas? 

Thanks a lot,
Christopher