I am getting this error message when I start Eclipse Helios on Windows 7:
Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine
My eclipse.ini looks as follows:
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar
-vm
P:\Programs\jdk1.6\bin
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.0.v20100503
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
512m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms120m
-Xmn100m
-Xmx1024m
My JAVA_HOME is correctly set as far as I can tell. How can I fix this?
Things I have tried so far:
- Adding the full path to javaw.exe
-vm
P:\Programs\jdk1.6\bin\\bin\javaw.exe - Removing the
-vm
option altogether - Removing
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
fixes the issue, but it causes permgen errors - Removing the value
512
of--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
fixes the issue, but it causes permgen errors - Reducing
-Xmx
to512m
also fixes the issue.
Why can I not use '1024m' for '-Xmx' and '–launcher.XXMaxPermSize'?
Best Answer
1. Open the
eclipse.ini
file from your eclipse folder,see the picture below.2. Open
eclipse.ini
inNotepad
or any othertext-editor
application, Find the line-Xmx256m
(or-Xmx1024m
). Now change the default value256m
(or1024m
) to512m
. You also need to give the exact java installed version (1.6 or 1.7 or other).Like This:
OR
OR
Then it works well for me.