Eclipse error: 'Failed to create the Java Virt

问题:

I am getting this error message when I start Eclipse Helios on Windows 7:

Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine

My eclipse.ini looks as follows:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar
-vm
P:\\Programs\\jdk1.6\\bin
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.0.v20100503
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
512m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms120m
-Xmn100m
-Xmx1024m

My JAVA_HOME is correctly set as far as I can tell. How can I fix this?

Things I have tried so far:

1. Adding the full path to javaw.exe -vm P:\\Programs\\jdk1.6\\bin\\\\bin\\javaw.exe
2. Removing the -vm option altogether
3. Removing --launcher.XXMaxPermSize fixes the issue, but it causes permgen errors
4. Removing the value 512 of --launcher.XXMaxPermSize fixes the issue, but it causes permgen errors
5. Reducing -Xmx to 512m also fixes the issue.

Why can I not use \'1024m\' for \'-Xmx\' and \'--launcher.XXMaxPermSize\'?

回答1:

Try removing the -vm P:\\Programs\\jdk1.6\\bin lines.

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Also, a general recommendation: set -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6, not 1.5.

回答2:

1. Open the eclipse.ini file from your eclipse folder,see the picture below.

2. Open eclipse.ini in Notepad or any other text-editor application, Find the line -Xmx256m (or -Xmx1024m). Now change the default value 256m (or 1024m) to 512m. You also need to give the exact java installed version (1.6 or 1.7 or other).

Like This:

-Xmx512m
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6

OR

-Xmx512m
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7

OR

-Xmx512m
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8

Then it works well for me.

回答3:

Try to add

-vm
D:\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_29\\bin\\javaw.exe

FYI: Refer sunblog

For others who might have problems with Java 7, as per Eclipse Wiki - eclipse.ini vm_value (windows example)

This might not work on all systems. If you encounter \"Java was started but returned exit code=1\" error while starting the eclipse, modify the -vm argument to point to jvm.dll

e.g.

-vm
C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\bin\\client\\jvm.dll

Also note that

The -vm option must occur before the -vmargs option, since everything after -vmargs is passed directly to the JVM

回答4:

I know this is pretty old now but I have just had the same issue and the problem was I was allocating to much memory to eclipse that it could not get hold of. So open eclipse.ini and lower the amount of memory that is being allocated to -Xmx XXMaxPermSize I changed mine to -Xmx512m and XXMaxPermSize256m

回答5:

1. Open the eclipse.ini file from your eclipse folder.

2. It has some of add on configuration . Find the line –launcher.XXMaxPermSize. Now remove the the default value 256m and save it.

回答6:

I removed eclipse.ini. I encountered this issue and removing the ini file solved it.

回答7:

1. Open folder with Eclipse.exe and find eclipse.ini file

2. Replace -vmargs by your current real path of javaw.exe: *-vm “c:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_07\\bin\\javaw.exe”*

   -startup
   plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
   --launcher.library
   plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.200.v20120522-1813
   -product
   com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product
   --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
   256M
   -showsplash
   com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product
   --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
   256m
   --launcher.defaultAction
   openFile
   **-vm “c:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_07\\bin\\javaw.exe”** 
   -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
   -Xms40m
   -Xmx768m
   -Declipse.buildId=v21.1.0-569685
   

回答8:

You can also solve this issue by removing the value \"256m\" under the line \"-launcher.XXMaxPermSize”.

回答9:

I found a very easy solution for this. Just delete eclipse.ini file, but backup first. I had this same problem many times and finally I deleted this and I no more have the problem.

It also increased loading time. Now my Eclipse starts faster than earlier.

回答10:

In STS.conf file you need to check two important things to avoid create/allocate jvm issue

1. Give the exact jdk install location:

--vm C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_01\\jre\\bin\\javaw.exe

2. You need to give the exact java installed version:

--Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7

3. Try to reduce the memory size:

--XX:MaxPermSize=256m

回答11:

After trying the above solution of reducing the memory, Eclipse starts working but hangs every time while loading the plugins from the work-space specially at org.eclipse.debug.core.

I found the solution here, Eclipse hangs at Splash Screen, and want share it. Hopefully it can help others as well.

回答12:

1. Open the ecplise.ini file which is located in the eclipse installation folder.

2. Find & Replace the line -vmargs with -vm D:\\jdk1.6.0_23\\bin\\javaw.exe OR just remove the line -vmargs and save it . Now the problem is getting solved

回答13:

Try this one:

-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar 
--launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222 
-showsplash org.eclipse.platform 
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m 
--launcher.defaultAction openFile 
-vm F:\\Program Files\\jdk1.6\\bin\\javaw.exe 
-vmargs 
-Xms512m 
-Xmx512m 
-XX:+UseParallelGC 
-XX:PermSize=256M 
-XX:MaxPermSize=512M

回答14:

Quick fix:

Change -Xmx1024m to -Xmx512m in eclipse.ini (file located at the same level where eclipse.exe is present). And it will work like a charm.

回答15:

The simple way to fix this problem is just to delete or rename your eclipse.ini file. Try it first. If this method does not resolve your problem, try the solutions described below.

Other ways to fix it:

Solution 1

Add a string into the eclipse.ini file which change a destination of the javaw.exe file. The main thing is that this string must be placed above the string \"-vmargs\"!

-vm
C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_22\\bin\\javaw.exe 

Solution 2

Remove the value of –launcher.XXMaxPermSize, like 256m.

Solution 3

Remove or decrease the values of Xms and Xmx:

-Xms384m 
-Xmx384m

回答16:

This may work:

Open eclipse.ini file and paste below lines at the end of the lines.

-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m

回答17:

This worked for me:

I closed all the other memory intensive applications on my Windows 7 machine. And I tried to open Eclipse, and, voila, it worked.

回答18:

Make sure eclipse.ini do not have multiple entry and used vm entry before vmargs:

-vm
  D:/java/jdk1.8.0_65/bin/javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace
-XX:+UseG1GC
-XX:+UseStringDeduplication
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m

回答19:

Adding this fixed the issue for me:

-vm

D:\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_29\\bin\\javaw.exe

回答20:

Some time it\'s not your eclipse.ini; it\'s your JDK which is crashed. You can check it by writing following command in a command prompt:

c:\\> java -version

If this command shows the following error:

Error occurred during initialization of VM

java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

Then first uninstall JDK and reinstall it.

Eclipse will be in action again ;) As today I have got the same problem, and the above is suggested by Itachi Uchiha.

回答21:

Reduce param size upto -256

See my eclipse.ini file

    -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
  -vmargs
  -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
  -Xms40m
  -Xmx512m

回答22:

After adding -vm in eclipse.ini as shown below worked for me. Add it before -vmargs do not remove it

-vm
C:\\apps\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_92\\bin\\javaw.exe
-vmargs

There was a jdk update which was causing this issue.

回答23:

Faced the issue when my Eclipse proton could not start. Got error \"Failed to create the Java virtual machine\"

Added below to the eclipse.ini file

-vm
C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-10.0.1\\bin\\javaw.exe

回答24:

For me it solved by changing the JDK bin path in the Path environment variable. Put the JDK bin path which has jre/bin/client/jvm.dll under JDK home.

回答25:

STEPS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE :-

1. Open the eclipse.ini file from your eclipse folder.

2. It has some of add on configuration . Find the line –launcher.XXMaxPermSize.It will be the last line in this file. Now remove/delete the the default value 256m and save it.

回答26:

-vm D:\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_29\\bin\\javaw.exe

回答27:

I was facing the same problem, and I found the solution. There are issues in allocation of MaxPermSize. If you try to allocate more than your machine\'s free space then it gives this error in my issue. So try to reduce MaxPermSize.

I think it will help you to sort out your issue.

回答28:

All these solutions failed me. This happened to me out of the blue after using Eclipse for six months. It seems somehow my JDK got corrupted.

My eventual solution was to download a newer JDK and update my JAVA_HOME accordingly, from jdk1.6.0_37 to jdk1.6.0_43 in my case.

回答29:

@Maro For me it worked very simply!

After getting the error message alert, I executed \'eclipsec.exe\' from a command prompt. This opened Eclipse. Then again I tried with \'eclipse.exe\' and now it\'s working nice and well.

Unfortunately, it didn\'t give any technical reason for this.

回答30:

In my case this problem occured after updating Java from 1.6 to 1.7.

To understand the error, run java.exe in the folder of eclipse.exe. Use parameters from eclipse.ini as it will show which parameter causes the failure.

For example:

F:\\Mobile Class\\adt-bundle-windows-x86\\adt-bundle-windows-x86\\eclipse>java -star
tup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar --launcher.lib
rary plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.200.v20120522-1813
 -product com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 7
68m  -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 768m --launcher.d
efaultAction openFile -vm C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\bin\\client\\jvm.dll -vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6 -Declipse.buildId=v21.1.0-569685 -Xms40m -Xmx768m

Unrecognized option: -startup
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

So I changed \'startup\' swith to \'jar\' like below and problem fixed:

F:\\Mobile Class\\adt-bundle-windows-x86\\adt-bundle-windows-x86\\eclipse>java -jar
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar --launcher.library
 plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.200.v20120522-1813 -pr
oduct com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 768m
-showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 768m --launcher.defaul
tAction openFile -vm C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\bin\\client\\jvm.dll -vmargs -Dosg
i.requiredJavaVersion=1.6 -Declipse.buildId=v21.1.0-569685 -Xms40m -Xmx768m