Eclipse - Failed to create the java virtual machine

Question

I'm having issue with running my Eclipse with the following config:

eclipse.ini

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.100.v20110502
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm
jdk1.7.0_02/bin
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
-Xms256M
-Xmx1024M

# Adding this line, I get "Failed to create virtual machine"

-XX:PermSize=512M
-XX:MaxPermSize=512M
-XX:+UseParallelOldGC
-XX:ParallelGCThreads=2
-XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=1
-Xverify:none
-XX:-UseSplitVerifier

The above configuration works except when I add the lines I specified above. What could be the problem?

I am running eclipse from a Windows 7 (64-bit) machine with 4GB ram, although the JDK I specified in the path is 32-bit which works just fine. The only problem is if I add those additional config parameters.

Answer 1

There are two place in eclipse.ini that includes

--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m

make it

--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
128m

Answer 2

I had exactly the same problem, one day eclipse wouldn't open. Tried editing eclipse.ini to the correct java version 1.7, but still the same error. Eventually changed :

-Xms384m 
-Xmx384m

...and all working.

Answer 3

it works for me after changing MaxPermSize=512M to MaxPermSize=256M