@Gabriel de Perthuis: Yes, I use java from SUN setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
However, after installing the packages you proposed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ eclipse -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.1-1.4.2.0/bin/java eclipse runs fine and mysteriously eclipse exists fine now (see bug https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/68714 ) Claudio -- 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