Error starting Eclipse in Linux: "JVM terminated. Exit code=13"

Question

I am trying to run eclipse and encounter the errors. I am using Kubuntu as my OS and when I typed java -version in terminal I got 'java version "1.6.0_23"'. I have openJDK installed but I am not sure what can I do next. Any thoughts? Thanks.

ERROR:

   JVM terminated. Exit code=13
    /usr/bin/java
    -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
    -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
    -Xms40m
    -Xmx384m
    -jar /home/lucky/Downloads/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
    -os linux
    -ws gtk
    -arch x86
    -showsplash
    -    launcher /home/lucky/Downloads/eclipse/eclipse
    -name Eclipse
    --launcher.library /home/lucky/Downloads/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.2.R36x_v20101019_1345/eclipse_1310.so
    -startup /home/lucky/Downloads/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
    -exitdata 5cf8058
    -product org.eclipse.epp.package.php.product
    -vm /usr/bin/java
    -vmargs
    -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
    -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
    -Xms40m
    -Xmx384m
    -jar /home/lucky/Downloads/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar 

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_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
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m

Answer 1

Looking at the paths in the error it seems that you are not using eclipse from the ubuntu repositories (that's fine imo).

1. Check if the jvm is 64 or 32 bit. java -version will tell you. If you find this is a 64-bit jvm then go back to eclipse.org and download a eclipse version for 64-bit. You have eclipse for a 32-bit jvm. See your error message where it says -arch x86

2. Try to start eclipse from a shell using the -vm parameter. On ubuntu you can find the installed jre/jdk's under /var/lib/jvm/. E.g.:

./eclipse -vm /var/lib/jvm/sun-java6-jdk/bin

You could add this parameter to your eclipse.ini file.

Helps?

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