Unfortunately running Eclipse via sudo does not fix the issue for me and I get the exact same crash:
Stack: [0x00007f252c760000,0x00007f252c861000], sp=0x00007f252c85d040, free space=1012k Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code) C [libgobject-2.0.so.0+0x19a48] g_object_get_qdata+0x18 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241101 Title: Java crash in libglib-2.0 after upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/eclipse/+bug/1241101/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs