FYI: I'm using a lot of Eclipse plugins. I was able to avoid this behaviour by increasing the max memory available to eclipse to 1124 MB See last line of my eclipse.ini:
-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101019_1345 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.php.product --launcher.defaultAction openFile -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m --launcher.defaultAction openFile -vmargs -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx1124m I don't know what all these options do exactly. I found out by trial and error, and by researching the net. For example, there is a large discussion about these settings on stackoverflow.com: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/142357/what-are-the-best-jvm- settings-for-eclipse Recently I have reduced the Xmx param (because I only have 4 GB available, and 1124 MB just for Eclipse was just too much.) and the hanging behaviour reappeared. I think I'll go back to 1124 MB (it's actually 1024 MB plus some extra Memory for something else, for some reason) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894470 Title: eclipse36 hangs, keyboard disabled EXCEPT for the SUPER key, mouse movable but no clicks processed Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have an old (German) (Windows) PS-2 keyboard. My oneiric is a fresh install, but I have restored a lot of my data files (and some config files in /etc) from a backup which was from an older oneiric, upgraded from natty. When I work with eclipse36 for a while in oneiric under unity, eclipse 36 helios (from 2010) suddenly hangs. Then, all keys on my keyboard are disabled EXCEPT for the SUPER (Windows) key. When I press it, the Dash shows up and gets the focus. When I press SUPER again, eclipse gets the focus (the frame-colors of some panel in the IDE briefly flashes) The mouse is movable but no clicks are getting processed. Ctrl Alt-F2 does not work. Removing the keyboard and plugging it back in does not work. I have to go to another computer, login to the hanging computer with ssh (works fine), then kill eclipse. Then, mouse and keyboard are usable again. Besides, and maybe unrelated to the above-mentioned- bug, sometimes eclipse crashes. There is no Eclipse crash dialog box with process metadata. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Nov 24 18:20:08 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) LocalLibraries: /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/917/1/.cp/libswt-pi-gtk-3659.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/917/1/.cp/libswt-cairo-gtk-3659.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/917/1/.cp/libswt-gnome-gtk-3659.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/917/1/.cp/libswt-gtk-3659.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/48/1/.cp/os/linux/x86_64/libunixfile_1_0_0.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/917/1/.cp/libswt-atk-gtk-3659.so /opt/eclipse/eclipse36/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101019_1345/eclipse_1310.so ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: openjdk-6 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/894470/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
