Eclipse -vm option trouble

Question

I'm having trouble setting up a new eclipse installation with the -vm option. I'm using the eclipse.ini file below (which has worked in the past). I need this for the m2eclipse plugin. Currently, if I include the -vm option eclipse fails to start.

Any idea what the problem is with this?

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.200.v20090519
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin\javaw.exe
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
-vmargs
-XX:PermSize=256m
-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
-Xms128m
-Xmx1024m

Answer 1

I'm guessing its the space in the Program Files part of the path. The below example works fine for me. Can you try to install the JDK in c:/apps and see if the script below works for you?

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.200.v20090519
-vm
C:/apps/jdk1.6.0_15/bin/javaw.exe
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
-vmargs
-server
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms1200m
-Xmx1200m

Answer 2

Are you using a 64bit version of Eclipse with a 32bit JVM?