Troubleshooting
Problem
A WebSphere Application Server server cannot be created on a Linux operating system that uses GTK3 due to the error, StackOverflowError.
Cause
The stack overflow error is a bug specific to using GTK 3 on the Linux operating system. This bug is being tracked at the following URL: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=459834
Environment
Linux operating systems that use GTK 3 are affected by this stack overflow error.
Diagnosing The Problem
To determine if the StackOverflowError is caused by this issue:
1. Go to File > New > Other... > Server
2. Select WebSphere Application Server vX (where X is the version number)
3. Press Next and the StackOverflowError error occurs
The following statements are a truncated version of the stack trace:
java.lang.StackOverflowError: operating system stack overflow
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS._gtk_widget_size_allocate(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.gtk_widget_size_allocate(OS.java:14647)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.forceResize(Control.java:769)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table.getClientArea(Table.java:1141)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.TableEditor.computeBounds(TableEditor.java:120)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.ControlEditor.layout(ControlEditor.java:223)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.TableEditor.layout(TableEditor.java:265)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.TableEditor$1.controlResized(TableEditor.java:98)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:235)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4454)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1388)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1412)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1393)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn.gtk_size_allocate(TableColumn.java:399)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:2109)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4668)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS._gtk_widget_size_allocate(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.gtk_widget_size_allocate(OS.java:14647)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.forceResize(Control.java:769)
Resolving The Problem
Open the eclipse.ini file and add the following statement before the -vmargs property:
--launcher.GTK_version
2
The following example shows the eclipse.ini file with the modifications:
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20140603-1326
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
--launcher.GTK_version
2
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
Save and start Eclipse. This change will cause Eclipse to run with GTK 2 instead of GTK 3.
Note: Changing to GTK 2 only affects how the user interface looks. There will be no functional differences by using GTK 2.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21699065