Eclipse Memory Analyzer has no response after starting up

Question

I downloaded a stand-alone Eclipse Memory Analyzer from the official site, intending to use it to open a hprof file to do some analysis work. However, the application seems to get stuck after starting up. I can do nothing but drag the window, as the figure shows below:

The OS I’m using is macOS Sierra, the mat version is 1.6.1, and here is the MemoryAnalyzer.ini:

  -startup
    ../Eclipse/plugins/.    org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar
-data
/Users/XXX/eclipse_data
--launcher.library
../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx.x86_64_1.1.300.v20150602-1417
-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
-vmargs
-Xmx2g
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts
-XstartOnFirstThread

Can anyone give me some advice? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

I had the same issue using jdk1.8.0_161.jdk

Then using an older JVM :

-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

now it's working again.

My complete MemoryAnalyzer.ini:

-startup
../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar
--launcher.library
../Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx.x86_64_1.1.300.v20150602-1417
-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
-data 
/Users/German/tmp/workspace_mat
-vmargs
-Xmx5g
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts
-XstartOnFirstThread

PD: I haven't tested it with an older jdk8 version. I remember, it used to work with older than version 161.