If I log out & login again I am able to launch eclipse without the previously mentioned error. I am using Ubuntu 12.04(64 bit).
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Where is your workspace located? Thanks. – Mochan Nov 5 '12 at 11:13
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Located on an unmounted disk. Should it be mounted permenantly all the time – shiju87 Dec 19 '12 at 12:06
This message is because there is a previous Eclipse process hanging around interrupting the one you are trying to launch.
ps aux | grep eclipse
find the eclipse process that's still running. I killed both the /usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse
and /usr/bin/java
processes. The process number is the number immediately adjacent to your user name. Then run
kill -9 [process number]
(without the brackets). That oughta do it!
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2I would suggest to try a regular
kill
first (without the-9
option). A-9
will send a fairly destructive signal whereas a regularSIGTERM
will shut it down gracefully (less likely to loose data). – gertvdijk Feb 5 '13 at 16:25 -