[jccartwright]

Hello,

I applied several updates from the eclipse project this AM (see list below) and now ME is crashing every few minutes while using the editor on java files. This is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 machine. Should I not be keeping eclipse 3.2 upto date if using MyEclipse? I don’t have any of the Callisto-supplied plugins installed.

org.eclipse.jdt.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.jdt.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.platform.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.platform.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.rcp.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.rcp.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0

Thanks!

— john

[Scott Anderson]

John,

Using the editor on Java files is a “pure Eclipse” functionality. I’d imagine that the patches you’ve installed have caused the instability since MyEclipse doesn’t change the Java functionality of Eclipse in any way.

I’d suggest you reinstall Eclipse 3.2.1 and MyEclipse 5.1.0 in a new location and hold off on any patches unless they fix some functionality that is causing you extensive issues. Patches are typically “developer-tested” but may not be production ready.

Should I not be keeping eclipse 3.2 upto date if using MyEclipse?

Up-to-date is relative. The latest production release is Eclipse 3.2.1. Updating past that with non-production patches or builds is definately not recommended as it’s too “bleeding edge” to be stable for production use.

[jccartwright]

Thanks for your prompt reply Scott. I did re-install eclipse and ME and the problem seems to have gone away (still crashes every day or two but that has been normal).

The reason I thought it might it might be ME-related is that I applied the same patches to a “pure” Callisto version and didn’t see the problem. Is there I way that I can tell that the following are non-production?

org.eclipse.jdt.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.jdt.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.platform.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.platform.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.rcp.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0
org.eclipse.rcp.3.2.1.patch_1.0.0

Thanks again for your help!

— john

[Scott Anderson]

(still crashes every day or two but that has been normal).

That might be a problem with your launch memory settings. Can you check your startup command and make sure the following arguments are applied please?

<path-to-eclipse-install>/eclipse.exe -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide -vmargs -Duser.language=en -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -Dosgi.splashLocation="<path-to-myeclipse>/eclipse/MyEclipseSplash.bmp"

Is there I way that I can tell that the following are non-production?

Yes, they’re labeled “patch”. May sound silly, but releases don’t have patches. The releases are available on the main Eclipse download page here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Those are the releases we validate and test against.

[jccartwright]

Thanks, Scott.

Yes, the line from myeclipse.sh which is used to launch eclipse is :
eclipse -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide -vmargs -Duser.language=en -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Dosgi.splashLocation=”$MYECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse/MyEclipseSplash.bmp”

Additionally I set:
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=””

I’d be happy to send you a crash dump if it would be helpful.

— john

[Haris Peco]

John,

Yes, please send us log files and crash dump (hs_err_pidXXX.log files from your home directories).
Could you explain if crash happen when you work some specific tasks (for example editing jsp) or it is random.

Thanks,

[jccartwright]

Hello,

have you all been able to make any progress w/ the crash logs I sent? ME is crashing at least a few times a day and as much as I really like the product, I’m getting close to having to give up and go back to off-the-shelf eclipse.

Please let me know if I can provide any further details on my configuration to help in the diagnosis.

Thanks!

— john

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