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I read the docs and append the given snipped in my eclipse.ini. I also read this, and concluded that since I'm on Linux, I have to substitute -XX:MaxPermSize, but that changed nothing either.

I get this error when trying to launch eclipse:

JVM terminated. Exit code=1
/usr/java/default/bin/java
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m
-vmargs
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:PermSize=64m
-Xss1M
-server
-XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis
-jar /home/pc/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86_64
-showsplash
-launcher /home/pc/eclipse/eclipse
-name Eclipse
--launcher.library /home/pc/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101019_1345/eclipse_1310.so
-startup /home/pc/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
-exitdata 1ab0003
-product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
-vm /usr/java/default/bin/java
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m
-vmargs
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:PermSize=64m
-Xss1M
-server
-XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis
-jar /home/pc/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar

I have the latest 2.9 scala plugin with Helios Eclipse.(Version: Helios Service Release 2 Build id: 20110218-0911)

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Blub
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    There's another thing that you must realize -- *everything* after the `-vmwargs` line is passed as args to the Java VM. The lines before are passed to the Eclipse application. So file like yours where there are *two* `-vmargs` lines look highly suspicious. – Jean-Philippe Pellet May 04 '11 at 19:28

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remove 

--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m

and only use

-XX:MaxPermSize=256m

The relevant parts of my eclipse.ini look like this:

-vmargs
-Xms2048m
-Xmx2048m
-XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled
-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled
-XX:PermSize=256M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M
-Xss2m
-server
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  • Doesn't seem to work, can you post a complete sample on how your Eclipse.ini looks like? Mine looks like this unmodified: https://gist.github.com/955935 . I took your advice as to remove the last line and add the stuff from the docs instead. – Blub May 04 '11 at 20:11
  • you did not actually increase the heap size. That is done with e.g. -Xmx1024m. – Kim Stebel May 04 '11 at 20:56
  • I did that now, but it shows only 483mb max inside Eclipse. If I remove --launcher.XXMaxPermSize and add the other one, it crashes. – Blub May 04 '11 at 21:08
  • The [eclipse documentation](http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html) seems to indicate you should have only one argument/option per line. Have you tried splitting out the size arguments onto their own lines? – Jon McAuliffe May 05 '11 at 00:49
  • @Jon: Yes, I think Eclipse just shows less max heap until it actually needs more than 400. It went to 500 for a short time, so I think the issue is fixed now. – Blub May 05 '11 at 12:07