Eclipse can't start on Linux: Java Fatal Error

Question

I installed eclipse standard luna on debian 7 by extracting the downloaded .tar.gz to /opt. When I try to run eclipse the splash screen starts up and disappears after 30 to 60 seconds. The terminal prints out the following error message:

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `GdkDisplayManager'

(java:4821): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `GdkDisplay'

(java:4821): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_register_static: assertion `parent_type > 0' failed

(java:4821): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed

(java:4821): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f92eb94c73f, pid=4821, tid=140269436700416
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_67-b01) (build 1.7.0_67-b01)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.65-b04 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0+0x5173f]  gdk_display_open+0x3f
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /tmp/hs_err_pid4821.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

I use oracles jdk 7 64 bit but ran into the same issue when I used openjdk 7 64bit.

I would be glad if somebody can help me with this issue.

Answer 1

Try running with -nosplash command line argument. This sometimes helps with gtk-java interaction.

Answer 2

1- Open a terminal and go to your eclipse folder.

2- Run it with: ./eclipse -nosplash