java crash on amd64 when switching to java perspective in eclipse

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Sean McNeil wrote:
> Got the following:
> 
> #
> # An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
> #
> #  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00000008055aa9df, pid=56131, tid=0x133d000
> #
> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
> (1.5.0-p2-root_02_feb_2006_13_05 mixed mode)
> # Problematic frame:
> # J
> org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Scanner.jumpOverMethodBody()V
> #
> # An error report file with more information is saved as
> hs_err_pid56131.log
> #
> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please write
> # a letter to freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org mailing list

I did some research. There is a comment with a workaround at the bottom 
of this page:

http://wbeaton.blogspot.com/2005/09/eclipse-in-64-bits.html

A more thorough discussion is here:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=71987

The relevant JDK bug entry is here:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5060628

The Sun engineer's fix is described here:

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/javawithjiva/20051031

It is reported to be fixed in jdk 1.5 update 6 and jdk 1.6 build 59.


Cheers,

Panagiotis