I'd like to add that I get the same error with a downloaded version when I chown -R root:root on the eclipse folder.
I thought that maybe if I chown the packaged install to my user it would fix the problem, however it did not. -- Eclipse will not start (Edgy) https://launchpad.net/bugs/68053 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs