Question

In Eclipse(version 3.6.2.M201102101200/Helios service release 2). I am getting a strange error when I run a large Java project called ACE toolkit. Below is a picture:

What are possible reasons it would do this?

can it be that Java runtime version is incompatible? The project was built for Java 1.5, but I have 1.6 running.

I appreciate any tips or advice.

Answer 1

There could be any number of reasons for eclipse crashing, from insufficient memory to a misbehaving plugin. The first place to start troubleshooting would be the C:\path\to\your\workspace\.metadata\.log file. You might find something helpful if you examine the end of this file soon after eclipse crashes.

From the documentation:

Eclipse has a log file where problems are recorded and usually this is the first thing that an Eclipse developer asks for when you report a problem. The log file can be found in a couple of places:

Workspace log – This is the most common location for the log file, It is stored in your workspace in the meta-data directory. Check out
workspace/.metadata/.log.

Configuration log – Sometimes information is recored in the configuration log file instead of the workspace log. (especially if
the workspace hasn’t been created yet, there isn’t one, or it cannot
be created) Check your configuration area for a configuration log
file. (configuration/.log)

Startup – Occasionally problems happen in the system really early before there is a workspace and before there is a configuration area.
This means that there is nowhere to write the log file so information
is written to the console, See the notes below on running with a
console to get these messages.