In my case the same thing is happening with eclipse oxygen version, on my Ubuntu 17.10 (using openjdk-8-jdk).
The workaround export SWT_GTK3=0 helped me a lot! ** Bug watch added: Eclipse bugs #497705 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=497705 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634872 Title: Various UI features of Eclipse Neon end up with StackOverflow error after upgrade to 16.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1634872/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
