The bug seems to be related to libcairo, as mentioned on this blog post: http://www.dataforte.net/blog/2010/03/03/eclipse-crashes-with-lucid/
Quote: "The Mozilla bug is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522635. A quick workaround is to set the GRE_HOME environment variable to some meaningless path (e.g. /tmp) before launching Eclipse. " Workaround example: env GRE_HOME=/tmp /opt/eclipse-galileo/eclipse ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #522635 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522635 -- Eclipse crashes on welcome screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs