[glote]

I can’t get myeclipse to run on java 6.0 if I start eclipse via my original eclipse.exe.
I get an errormessage saying “Could not create the Java virtual machine”

I can start myeclipse on java 6.0 if I use the startmenu.

This used to work on both java 1.4 and 1.5 with both eclipse 3.2 and 3.2.1

[Jim Lombardo]

I too would like to start myeclipse on java 6.0. Can anyone tell us how to do this?

[glote]

I got it to work when I use the menu shortcut that the myeclipse installer made to start myeclipse.
Can’t say I understand why it works on java 6 when launched with this commandline and why it fails to run when launched with just “eclipse.exe”.

The command the shortcut uses is rather long though:
D:\dev\eclipse\eclipse.exe -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide -vmargs -Duser.language=en -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -Dosgi.splashLocation=”d:\dev\MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 5.1.0 GA\eclipse\MyEclipseSplash.bmp”

Installation Details:
*** Date:
Friday, December 15, 2006 4:32:44 PM CET

** System properties:
OS=WindowsXP
OS version=5.1
Java version=1.6.0

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench
Version: 5.1.0 GA
Build id: 20061111-5.1.0-GA

*** Eclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 5.1.0 GA
Build id: 20061111-5.1.0-GA

Eclipse Project SDK

Version: 3.2.1.r321_v20060801-tQ1w49KnTArT0FZ
Build id: M20060921-0945

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.2.1.r321_v20060921-b_XVA-INSQSyMtx
Build id: M20060921-0945

Eclipse RCP

Version: 3.2.1.r321_v20060801-2ekW2BxmcpPUOoq
Build id: M20060921-0945

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Version: 3.2.1.r321_v20060823-6vYLLdQ3Nk8DrFG
Build id: M20060921-0945

Eclipse Java Development Tools

Version: 3.2.1.r321_v20060905-R4CM1Znkvre9wC-
Build id: M20060921-0945

Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework

Version: 3.2.1.v20060921
Build id: 20060921-1617

Eclipse startup command=-os
win32
-ws
win32
-arch
x86
-launcher
D:\dev\eclipse\eclipse.exe
-name
Eclipse
-showsplash
600
-exitdata
131c_74
-product
com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide
-clean
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin\javaw.exe

[Jim Lombardo]

Thanks! That did the trick.

[glote]

Today I upgraded to the latest eclipse and myeclipse and I figured out why I couldn’t start eclipse under java 6.
I was using -XX:PermSize=64M and -XX:MaxPermSize=256M in eclipse.ini and since the -XX:PermSize=64M is removed in java 6 the VM wouldn’t start

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