Eclipse. JVM Terminated -1

I installed Eclipse Europa (3.3) and Eclipse Ganymede (3.4) but could start none of them. Starting eclipse fails with

Eclipse laucnher: JVM terminated, exit code -1

I eventually found a fix, that requires to change the eclipse.ini file (I replace “new lines” with “spaces”)
eclipse.ini diff

Hope this helps!

Othere suggestions include:

  1. I suspect this reformats the new lines as well, depending on the editor used []

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4 Responses to “Eclipse. JVM Terminated -1”

  1. Actually, I recommend getting the right version of Eclipse — 64bit — if you are on Vista 64 and getting these JVM Terminated -1 errors.

    I have updated my post to make this more clear.

    Cheers!

  2. wicked-nasty. i’ll try some of these ideas next time my eclipse breaks down :)

  3. Thanks for pointing the mistake, filsa. I read (too) quickly your post (my environment was 32 bit, so I knew your solution would not help me).

    I have corrected the post.

  4. Hey, thank you, that line breaks were exactly the problem, which made my Eclipse don’t start! Now it works :)

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