Eclipse doesn't start : JVM terminated. Exit code=14

java eclipse jvm openjdk jvm-crash
ThinkingMonkey picture ThinkingMonkey · Jan 6, 2013 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

Tried searching for a fix couldn't find one! I am running fedora 17 with :

Eclipse(juno) version 

eclipse-platform.x86_64                   1:4.2.1-2.fc17

A which java yields

/usr/bin/java

so eclipse is using the right one.

A java -version yields 


java version "1.7.0_09-icedtea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (fedora-2.3.3.2.fc17-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)

the Eclipse/Installation page says : A Java 6 JRE/JDK is recommended for Eclipse 4.2.
Do i need to downgrade?

I have seen this question :

JVM terminates with exit code 14 when trying to launch Eclipse

But my configuration seems to be right.

Any ideas?

Contents of eclipse.ini (path /etc/eclipse.ini) : 

-preventMasterEclipseLaunch
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20120522-1813
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins

-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true -Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding, -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles Here is the complete error message 

JVM terminated. Exit code=14
/usr/bin/java
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86_64
-showsplash /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.1.v20120814-120055/splash.bmp
-launcher /usr/lib64/eclipse/eclipse
-name Eclipse
--launcher.library /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20120522-1813/eclipse_1503.so
-startup /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.overrideVmargs
-exitdata 1f40006
-preventMasterEclipseLaunch
-vm /usr/bin/java
-vmargs
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar

Answer

ThinkingMonkey picture ThinkingMonkey · Jan 6, 2013

This is what resolved the problem :

on a hunch(all the .ini files that I had seen on the net did not have the first line. And the meaning(English) of the words involved in the first line seemed weird), I removed the first line 

-preventMasterEclipseLaunch

and eclipse seems to be working!

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