Eclipse will not start and I haven't changed anything

Question

I haven\'t updated anything for at least a month. I was just working normally and suddenly the menus were all blank, so I decided to restart eclipse. I clicked \"close\" an

Answer 1

I moved workbench.xmi located at workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi to a backup folder. Then started eclipse and waited for all background processes to finish. Then I closed eclipse and moved my backup copy of workbench.xmi back (overwriting the one created with the last launch). Eclipse launched fine and I got all my settings back.

Answer 2

I deleted the workbench.xmi in the folder workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/.

I got this error because a build hung and then I tried to quit. However, I had unsaved changes. This prompted the following errors in logfile about unsaved changes and jobs that are not finished.

Answer 3

Definitely a network/proxy thing. I connect via wifi and a corporate gateway. Deleted workspace, reinstalled GGTS - still hangs. Turn off the network - launches fine.