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Project Explorer crashes with out of memory

Bug #897013 reported by David Poetzsch-Heffter on 2011-11-27

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	eclipse (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I start my eclipse it crashes with the following message:

'Project Explorer' has encountered a problem.
An internal error has occurred
Details>>:
An internal error has occurred.
Java heap space

Then I have the options to quit or to keep on working anyway. If I choose to keep on working there will be further errors stating that eclipse is OutOfMemory.

I checked my system monitor and it says that eclipse always needs about 360mb of RAM.

I tried to increase the memory using commandline arguments (eclipse -vmargs -Xms64m -Xmx1024m) or by changing the /etc/eclipse.ini. I also tried to increase the Perm-Memory, but none of these changes has any effect on the error or the RAM usage of eclipse.

I use Ubuntu 11.10 64bit with eclipse from the repositorys. My java version is:
java version "1.6.0_23"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11pre) (6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)

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David Poetzsch-Heffter (davidpoetzsch) on 2011-11-27

description:

updated

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-03-08:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Daniel Pendolino (dpendolino) wrote on 2012-03-08:

I'm not sure if this will work for you but I solved this issue by increasing the permanent generation memory via -vmargs -XX:MaxPermSize=<memory size>. So far upping the default 64 mb to 128 mb seems to do the trick. It may need another increase after I install plugns.

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David Poetzsch-Heffter (davidpoetzsch) wrote on 2012-03-13:

I quote from my original bug description:
"I also tried to increase the Perm-Memory, but none of these changes has any effect on the error or the RAM usage of eclipse."

So no, this did not do the trick ;-)

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Nicholas Lee (nicholas-lee-n) wrote on 2012-05-17:

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I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a PC with 6GB of RAM.
I then installed Eclipse Indigo and then the CDT addon.

When I start the Eclipse-CDT IDE it immediately crashes with the following message:

'Project Explorer' has encountered a problem
An internal error has occured
Java heap space

Here is the log...

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at org.eclipse.ui.part.ResourceTransfer.nativeToJava(ResourceTransfer.java:162)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard.getContents(Clipboard.java:323)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard.getContents(Clipboard.java:241)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.PasteAction$1.run(PasteAction.java:174)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:180)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:150)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4330)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.PasteAction.updateSelection(PasteAction.java:170)
at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction.selectionChangedBaseSelectionListenerAction.java:124)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.RefactorActionGroup.updateActionBarsRefactorActionGroup.java:149)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.MainActionGroup.updateActionBarsMainActionGroup.java:313)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.CView.updateActionBars(CView.java:779)
at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.CView.createPartControl(CView.java:554)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:375)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:229)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPartWorkbenchPartReference.java:595)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.showView(Perspective.java:2245)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyShowView(WorkbenchPage.java:1145)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$20.run(WorkbenchPage.java:3921)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3918)
at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openView(ShowViewHandler.java:162)
at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.execute(ShowViewHandler.java:76)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecksParameterizedCommand.java:508)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommandHandlerService.java:169)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommandSlaveHandlerService.java:241)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.handleWidgetSelectionCommandContributionItem.java:829)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.access$19CommandContributionItem.java:815)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem$5.handleEventCommandContributionItem.java:805)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)

Here is the session data...

eclipse.buildId=I20110613-1736
java.version=1.7.0_03
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB...

I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a PC with 6GB of RAM.
 I then installed Eclipse Indigo and then the CDT addon.

When I start the Eclipse-CDT IDE it immediately crashes with the following message:

'Project Explorer' has encountered a problem
 An internal error has occured
 Java heap space

Here is the log...

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
 at org.eclipse.ui.part.ResourceTransfer.nativeToJava(ResourceTransfer.java:162)
 at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard.getContents(Clipboard.java:323)
 at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard.getContents(Clipboard.java:241)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.PasteAction$1.run(PasteAction.java:174)
 at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:180)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:150)
 at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4330)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.PasteAction.updateSelection(PasteAction.java:170)
 at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction.selectionChangedBaseSelectionListenerAction.java:124)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.RefactorActionGroup.updateActionBarsRefactorActionGroup.java:149)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.MainActionGroup.updateActionBarsMainActionGroup.java:313)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.CView.updateActionBars(CView.java:779)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview.CView.createPartControl(CView.java:554)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:375)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:229)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPartWorkbenchPartReference.java:595)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.showView(Perspective.java:2245)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyShowView(WorkbenchPage.java:1145)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$20.run(WorkbenchPage.java:3921)
 at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3918)
 at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openView(ShowViewHandler.java:162)
 at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.execute(ShowViewHandler.java:76)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293)
 at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
 at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecksParameterizedCommand.java:508)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommandHandlerService.java:169)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommandSlaveHandlerService.java:241)
 at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.handleWidgetSelectionCommandContributionItem.java:829)
 at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.access$19CommandContributionItem.java:815)
 at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem$5.handleEventCommandContributionItem.java:805)
 at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)

Here is the session data...

eclipse.buildId=I20110613-1736
 java.version=1.7.0_03
 java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
 BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB
 Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86

I have tried increasing the Java Heap space, but this did not help.
 I even tried a upgrading the Java version to 1.7, but there was no improvement.

Here is the contents of my /etc/eclipse.ini file

-startup
 plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.dist.jar
 --launcher.library
 plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.100.dist
 -showsplash
 org.eclipse.platform
 --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
 512m
 --launcher.defaultAction
 openFile
 -vmargs
 -Xms512m
 -Xmx1024m
 -XX:MaxPermSize=512M
 -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins

-XX:-UseCompressedOops

NB: Whilst this may be a red-herring, I access this headless PC using VNC.

NB: I also see the following error in the logs...

String index out of range: -7

java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -7
 at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1949)
 at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1916)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.AdditionalInput$1LibFilter.acceptAdditionalInput.java:488)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.AdditionalInput.findLibraryAdditionalInput.java:522)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.AdditionalInput.getDepLibsAdditionalInput.java:457)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.AdditionalInput.dependencyChangedAdditionalInput.java:405)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.AdditionalInput.needsRebuildAdditionalInput.java:343)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.InputType.needsRebuildInputType.java:1619)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.Tool.needsRebuild(Tool.java:3307)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.ToolChain.needsRebuildToolChain.java:2068)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.ToolChain.saveRebuildStateToolChain.java:2101)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.ToolChain.serialize(ToolChain.java:872)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.FolderInfo.serialize(FolderInfo.java:385)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.Configuration.serializeConfiguration.java:953)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.dataprovider.ConfigurationDataProvider.writeConfigurationConfigurationDataProvider.java:124)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.dataprovider.ConfigurationDataProvider.applyConfigurationConfigurationDataProvider.java:162)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.CProjectDescriptionManager.applyDataCProjectDescriptionManager.java:1124)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.CConfigurationDescriptionCache.applyDataCConfigurationDescriptionCache.java:137)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.CProjectDescription.applyDatasCProjectDescription.java:218)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.SetCProjectDescriptionOperation.executeOperationSetCProjectDescriptionOperation.java:97)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CModelOperation.execute(CModelOperation.java:339)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CModelOperation.run(CModelOperation.java:602)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2344)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CModelOperation.runOperationCModelOperation.java:633)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.AbstractCProjectDescriptionStorage.setProjectDescriptionAbstractCProjectDescriptionStorage.java:203)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.CProjectDescriptionStorageManager.setProjectDescriptionCProjectDescriptionStorageManager.java:149)
 at rg.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.settings.model.CProjectDescriptionManager.setProjectDescriptionCProjectDescriptionManager.java:836)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.core.BuildSettingsUtil.checkApplyDescriptionBuildSettingsUtil.java:211)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.ManagedBuildManager.updateCoreSettingsManagedBuildManager.java:1561)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.build.internal.core.scannerconfig.CfgDiscoveredPathManager$1.runCfgDiscoveredPathManager.java:152)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.BatchOperation.executeOperationBatchOperation.java:36)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CModelOperation.execute(CModelOperation.java:339)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.model.CModelOperation.run(CModelOperation.java:602)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2344)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.CoreModel.run(CoreModel.java:1233)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.CoreModel.run(CoreModel.java:1190)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.build.internal.core.scannerconfig.CfgDiscoveredPathManager.updateCoreSettingsCfgDiscoveredPathManager.java:155)
 at org.eclipse.cdt.build.core.scannerconfig.ScannerConfigBuilder.buildScannerConfigBuilder.java:124)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:728)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:199)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:239)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(BuildManager.java:292)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:295)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:351)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:374)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(AutoBuildJob.java:143)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(AutoBuildJob.java:241)
 at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

Regards,
 Nicholas Lee

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