eclipse permGen
dbinder Oct 10, 2007 2:21 AMHi, everybody,
I started using JBIDE B4 and I'm now experiencing big trouble in eclipse. after some times, I always get an out of memory saying my permGen size has been exceeded
configuration :
eclipse 3.3 (europa EE) with latest update from eclipse update sites
winXP SP 2
jdk 1.6.0
previously used build : nightly 2007 10 04
change to : beta4
logfile :
!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 2007-10-09 23:58:11.687 !MESSAGE Internal plug-in action delegate error on creation. !STACK 0 java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.defineClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:161) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.defineClass(ClasspathManager.java:501) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:471) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClassImpl(ClasspathManager.java:430) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:413) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:189) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:340) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:408) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:83) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:289) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:227) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1269) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:160) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:788) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:51) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:244) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.createDelegate(PluginAction.java:122) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.selectionChanged(PluginAction.java:280) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.selectionChanged(PluginAction.java:304) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.AbstractSelectionService.fireSelection(AbstractSelectionService.java:156) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.AbstractSelectionService.setActivePart(AbstractSelectionService.java:282) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService.updateActivePart(WWinPartService.java:125) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService.access$0(WWinPartService.java:115) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPartService$1.partDeactivated(WWinPartService.java:48) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartListenerList2$4.run(PartListenerList2.java:113) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
I know the usual answer is to increase the permGen size but my permGen is now set to 2 gig (huge ? uh) and the problem is not solved. Is anyone else experiencing same problem with the late versions ?
David