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Tried searching for a fix couldn't find one! I am running fedora 17 with :

Eclipse(juno) version 

eclipse-platform.x86_64                   1:4.2.1-2.fc17

A which java yields

/usr/bin/java

so eclipse is using the right one.

A java -version yields 


java version "1.7.0_09-icedtea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (fedora-2.3.3.2.fc17-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)

the Eclipse/Installation page says : A Java 6 JRE/JDK is recommended for Eclipse 4.2.
Do i need to downgrade?

I have seen this question :

JVM terminates with exit code 14 when trying to launch Eclipse

But my configuration seems to be right.

Any ideas?

Contents of eclipse.ini (path /etc/eclipse.ini) : 

-preventMasterEclipseLaunch
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20120522-1813
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins


-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles
Here is the complete error message 
JVM terminated. Exit code=14
/usr/bin/java
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86_64
-showsplash /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.1.v20120814-120055/splash.bmp
-launcher /usr/lib64/eclipse/eclipse
-name Eclipse
--launcher.library /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20120522-1813/eclipse_1503.so
-startup /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.overrideVmargs
-exitdata 1f40006
-preventMasterEclipseLaunch
-vm /usr/bin/java
-vmargs
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=//usr/share/eclipse/dropins
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.UseWebKitGTK=true
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode,forwardDeltaWith
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding,
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates,instantiateTemplate
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage,addBinding
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper,isValidSourceFile
-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage,getDottedValidSourceFiles
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-jar /usr/lib64/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
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  • Could you add the contents of your eclipse.ini file? – asgoth Jan 06 '13 at 20:15
  • @asgoth have added the contents of eclipse.ini in the question. – ThinkingMonkey Jan 06 '13 at 20:22
  • I'm not sure about IcedTea, but it works fine with Oracle 1.7 java. – dbrank0 Jan 06 '13 at 20:23
  • And if you can check log. (See http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_Where_can_I_find_that_elusive_.log_file%3F). – dbrank0 Jan 06 '13 at 20:23
  • Mine doesn't have those '-XX:CompileCommand'. Probably not the cause, but try to remove them. But first, make a backup of your eclipse.ini. – asgoth Jan 06 '13 at 20:25
  • @asgoth on a hunch I removed the first line `-preventMasterEclipseLaunch` and eclipse seems to be working! if I google `-preventMasterEclipseLaunch` I get 0 search results! – ThinkingMonkey Jan 06 '13 at 20:27
  • @dbrank0 on a hunch I removed the first line -preventMasterEclipseLaunch and eclipse seems to be working! if I google -preventMasterEclipseLaunch I get 0 search results! – ThinkingMonkey Jan 06 '13 at 20:28
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    Well, i was close :) Mostly such errors have a cause in eclipse.ini – asgoth Jan 06 '13 at 20:28
  • See same issue with jdk 1.6 while running eclipse Mars (& PyCharm also) under Ubuntu 14.04. It works with jdk 1.8. – davidj Oct 23 '15 at 03:17

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This is what resolved the problem :

on a hunch(all the .ini files that I had seen on the net did not have the first line. And the meaning(English) of the words involved in the first line seemed weird), I removed the first line 

-preventMasterEclipseLaunch

and eclipse seems to be working!

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First, sorry for all the trouble that I caused by introducing this flag, but... you should really know what you're doing if you want to start Eclipse as root, because:

  • Eclipse is a plugin based app and runs all plugins no matter what. Working as root with IDEs is generally NOT a good idea.
  • Eclipse writes a lot of configuration details in the root filesystem - your installation is no longer verifiable by RPM, Eclipse installation is effectively broken - depending on what you have installed you may not be able to install any other Eclipse plugin.
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