The problem disappeared for me after I'd done a (huge) apt-get upgrade. Unfortunalety I cannot tell which was the package causing the exception.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to eclipse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1205452 Title: Eclipse unusable in Kubuntu Saucy (almost immediate JVM segfault) Status in “eclipse” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Perform clean install of Kubuntu 13.10 amd64 from 2013-07-24 media. 2. apt-get update; apt-get install eclipse 3. Run eclipse, see "Workspace Launcher" window that suggests ~/workspace as a location 4. Click OK. JVM segfaults; error log file contains # Problematic frame: # C [libgobject-2.0.so.0+0x19838] g_object_get_qdata+0x18 This also occurs with saucy Eclipse on Oracle JRE 7u25, but I ensured that this occurs on a clean install with supported packages before submitting this bug report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: eclipse 3.8.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.14-generic 3.10.2 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 26 13:40:09 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-26 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130724) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: eclipse UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1205452/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp