[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

I have recently installed MyEclipse 7.1.1 on two linux workstations and have added the subversive plugin. This plugin works fine on one of the workstations but not on the other. I cannot determine any difference between the 2 installations, including both the MyEclipse installation and the OS libraries (libsvn) available on the workstations.

When I try and check out code from the one that fails, I get the following error:

SVN: ‘0x00400006: Validate Repository Location’ operation finished with error: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
Malformed \uxxxx encoding.

This happens with svn repository exploring and when I try and create a new project from a svn repository.

I have tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the plugin as well as using alternative svnkits that were available on the update site.

I have googled the SVN error code, subversive and eclipse and have not been able to find anything helpful.

Thanks,

Lloyd

[support-joy]

Lloyd,

Sorry to hear you are running into this issue. Can you answer few questions below for me –
1. How did you install MyEclipse? Meaning – all-in-one installer/ pulse download/ installing Eclipse Classic 3.4.1 and adding MyEclipse plugin?
2. What is the MyEclipse version you are using?
3. How did you add subclipse plugin? If you have added using an update site, can you list the URL here for me?
4. Can you copy and paste your installation details? You can get it from MyEclipse > Installation Summary > Installation Detail.
5. Have you installed javahl connector only on the one that didn’t work or both? If you have installed in only one then can you install the same in the other and make sure it works?
6. What is the jdk you are using? Is it sun jdk, if not can you list what is the jdk being used by you?
7. Can you confirm that you are connecting the same same repository and can you make sure that the repository path is correct?
8. Have you installed any more plugins? You can get it from Help > Software Updates > Add/Remove software. Can you list the plugins you have added to MyEclipse?

[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

1. I installed with the all-in-one installer (myeclipse-7.1.1-linux-gtk-x86.tgz)
2. 7.1.1
3. I installed the plugin via the “manage plugins” menu option on the MyEclipse Start Page that displays in the browser pane of the MyEclipse IDE.
4. Installation Detail

*** Date:
Monday, April 20, 2009 8:42:50 AM EST

** System properties:
OS=Linux
OS version=2.6.27
Java version=1.5.0_11

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench
Version: 7.1.1
Build id: 7.1.1-20090310

*** Eclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench
Version: 7.1.1
Build id: 7.1.1-20090310

Eclipse Platform
Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080731-9I96EiDElYevwz-p1bP5z-NlAaP7vtX6Utotqsu
Build id: M20080911-1700

Eclipse Java Development Tools
Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080709-0800-7o7tEAfEF_U5qyUgrb2HAp539P97
Build id: M20080709-0800

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment
Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080731-7T7U0E9mlRIuGUYviF_VP
Build id: M20080703-0800

Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework GEF
Version: 3.4.1.v20080806-67718083A56B4H2A3213573
Build id: 200809101400

Eclipse RCP
Version: 3.4.100.r341_v20080814-989JESIEdAciFYfkZZsBfSwQ2341
Build id: M20080703-0800

Eclipse startup command=-os
linux
-ws
gtk
-arch
x86
-showsplash
-launcher
/home/meinholz/Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1/myeclipse
-name
Myeclipse
–launcher.library
/home/meinholz/Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1//../Common/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.0.101.R34x_v20080805/eclipse_1115.so
-startup
/home/meinholz/Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1//../Common/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.101.R34x_v20080819.jar
-exitdata
100014
-clean
-configuration
/home/meinholz/Genuitec/MyEclipse 7.1/configuration
-vm
/home/meinholz/Genuitec/Common/binary/com.sun.java.jre.linux.x86_1.5.0.011/bin/java

5. In the Team -> SVN -> SVN Connector tab, I have tried the default SVN Kit, r4142. I have also installed and tried a newer SVN kit that was available, r 5428. This was installed the the “Manage Plugins -> Add or Remove Plugins” in the MyEclipse Start Page. I also installed the native JavaHL connector in addition to the two available SVN Kit. I have been unable to get the JavaHL native connector working because subversive can’t load the svnjavahl-1 libraries. I do have the libsvn-java package installed on my OS and /usr/lib/jni with the correct libraries does exist. I also have tried to force the library to load (even though /usr/lib/jni should be loaded by default) by setting VMARGS=”-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni” to ~/.eclipse/eclipserc and then also in the myeclipse.ini files. I thought if SVN Kit worked, I wouldn’t need to bother with JavaHL anyway. I have gotten subversive to work on another linux workstation with SVN Kit (no JavaHL).

6.
java version “1.6.0_13”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

7. I have double and triple checked the repository and know that it is correct. I have also verified that I can check out the code from the command line with the svn command on the laptop where MyEclipse is installed.
8. In addition to the SVN Kit and JavaHL, I have also installed the TestNG, PMD, Findbugs and Checkstyle plugins.

I have been able to check out code from my repository with other tools (netbeans and svn command line). I have tried the subversive plugin with other svn repositories and received the same error. The following message appears in the MyEclipse console:

*** Validate Repository Location
Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
*** Error (took 00:00.042)

Thanks for the help,

Lloyd

[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

I resolved this issue now. libsvn-java wasn’t installed on my OS when I originally installed MyEclipse. I installed libsvn-java after the MyEclipse installation and for some reason subversive/myeclipse didn’t pick up that the libsvn-java libraries had been added to /usr/lib/jni. Very strange, some documentation I had read stated that default installations of eclipse pick up libraries in /usr/lib/jni by default. With MyEclipse I couldn’t even force it to pick up the directory by adding -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni.

So if you install MyEclipse before libsvn-java is installed, you may have problems with the subversive plugin. You have to install MyEclipse after the libsvn-java plugin is installed.

Lloyd

[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

Very strange. It worked for one day, not the problem is back again with the exact same error message.

[support-joy]

meinholz,

Are you behind any proxy?

[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

No, I’m not behind a proxy. I have the same issue on my home network (where I have much more control over my connectivity) and at work (where it is possible that they have some kind of a content filter causing problems).

Lloyd

[support-joy]

Lloyd,

I am not able to reproduce this at my end. Nevertheless, this is pretty strange behaviour that it works one day and doesn’t work the next day. I will have a dev team member help you with this issue. Do you have any log files? Can you send a mail to support@genuitec.com with log files. Pulse log files should be available at MyEclipse installation dir/common/logs. And workspace log files are located under workspace dir/.metadata/.logs. Please add subject as ATTN: Joy and refer this thread.

Sorry for the inconvinience.

[Lloyd H. Meinholz]

Hi Joy,

I upgraded my laptop to the newest ubuntu over the weekend and so far the problems seems to have been fixed. If it reoccurs, I will email support with the log files as you suggested.

That was very strange to have worked one day and then completely broken the next.

Thanks for your help.

Lloyd

[Loyal Water]

Lloyd,
Glad the issue is sorted out now. Hope you don’t run into this problem again.

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