Eclipse no longer starts

eclipse, fedora, java, linux

Solution

Go to eclipse folder path in command prompt(shell) Run command eclipse -clean

Or

Delete old workbench(First copy all project present inside it). Start Eclipse.

Problem

Eclipse has been working fine for as long as I can remember but now it refuses to start. The log file in the workspace shows the following. I am using Fedora 18. Any ideas? ``` !SESSION 2013-03-17 20:16:47.631 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=4.2.0.M20130304-1457 java.version=1.7.0_09-icedtea java.vendor=Oracle Corporation BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_AU Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2013-03-17 20:16:55.304 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.util.EmptyStackException at java.util.Stack.peek(Stack.java:102) at java.util.Stack.pop(Stack.java:84) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.core.impl.sac.CSSDocumentHandlerImpl.endDocument(CSSDocumentHandlerImpl.java:74) at org.apache.batik.css.parser.Parser.parseStyleSheet(Parser.java:238) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.core.impl.dom.parsers.AbstractCSSParser.parseStyleSheet(AbstractCSSParser.java:64) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.core.impl.engine.AbstractCSSEngine.parseStyleSheet(AbstractCSSEngine.java:180) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.internal.theme.ThemeEngine.setTheme(ThemeEngine.java:415) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.internal.theme.ThemeEngine.setTheme(ThemeEngine.java:376) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.internal.theme.ThemeEngine.setTheme(ThemeEngine.java:369) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.internal.theme.ThemeEngine.restore(ThemeEngine.java:546) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.initializeStyling(PartRenderingEngine.java:1179) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:945) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:942) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:86) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:588) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:543) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:353) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:180) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:638) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:593) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1447) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1423) ```

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