A serious problem is that the error is not shown unless you run eclipse in a terminal window due to a bug in the eclipse starting script. A solution to this problem at least, can be found in the following patch.
** Attachment added: "Fix to unnoticed error" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10438502/eclipse-startup-script-gusty.patch -- Eclipse asks user to create directories as root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112305 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs