Hi Mike, >From my reading, this was a problem in libswt (yeah, weird that libpango gets fingered, but that's C for ya) that the eclipse project has a fix for now. One of the other LP bugs has an attached libswt file that some people have reported success with.
-james. -- Eclipse crashes on Help -> Install New Software... -> Anything Done Here https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483882 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in ubuntu. Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am running: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala 64 Bit. All packages are up to date. uname -a Linux MyHost 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux java version "1.6.0_0" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.6.1) (6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode) Error: # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f3761360f7a, pid=31245, tid=139876503640336 # # JRE version: 6.0-b16 # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (14.0-b16 mixed mode linux-amd64 ) # Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10, package 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 # Problematic frame: # C [libpango-1.0.so.0+0x24f7a] pango_layout_new+0x2a # # An error report file with more information is saved as: # /home/csherrell/Downloads/eclipse/hs_err_pid31245.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please include # instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit: # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/ # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # I installed eclipse and wanted to install CDT and some other tools so I went to: Help -> Install New Software... -> Add Name: Eclipse Galileo Release Location: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo Clicked OK. Added: Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools Clicked Next Clicked Next Clicked Accept Clicked Finished. Then Eclipse Crashed Restarted Eclipse... Window -> Open Perspective -> Other No C/C++ Perspective Clicked Cancel File -> New -> Other -> Cancel Then Eclipse Crashed Restarted Eclipse... Help -> Install New Software... -> Cancel Then Eclipse Crashed When to: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Downloaded: Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers 64 Bit. Waited...And Waited...And Waited... tar zxvf eclipse-cpp-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz cd eclipse/ Crossed my fingers... ./eclipse Help -> Install New Software... -> Cancel Then Eclipse Crashed Currently I am not able to use eclipse for C/C++ development. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

