JVM terminated. Exit code = -1

Question

I\'ve been using Eclipse for some time already, and I didn\'t have any problems with it. However, when I tried to generate some javadoc, I found that I didn\'t have the SDK

Answer 1

I resolved it by installing 32 bit JDK and editing eclipse.ini to point to 32 bit jdk . Added -vm C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_71\bin at the end of eclipse.ini file. Note: I have my JAVA_HOME pointint to 64 bit JDK

Answer 2

I tried all the solution still didnt find my luck.Lastly i got it resolved by pointing to client jvm.dll in eclipse.ini file

-vm   
C:\jdk160_05\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll 

I made a series of trials which you may find useful if you face the same and not getting resolved yet

exit-code-1

Answer 3

I added the new JRE to the eclipse.ini file and updated my PATH. Seemed to work for me.

Answer 4

If you encounter a problem like this you can get a little more information by using eclipsec.exe from a command-line instead of eclipse.exe. I got this additional info in the dos box:

C:\<...>\Eclipse>eclipsec
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap

So I lowered my -Xmx setting in eclipse.ini from 1024 to 768, which made it work again. Why this was suddenly necessary I do not know atm, Eclipse has been running fine with 1024m some days ago.

Answer 5

Edit your Environment Variables >> System Variables >> Path to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin;

(NOT C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_01\bin;)

it should work

Answer 6

First Approach:

1. I added below lines in eclipse.ini

   -vm C:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jre\bin\java.exe
   

2. Modified below line in eclipse.ini (changed to 1.6.0_37 from 1.5),

   -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6.0_37
   

3. Deleted JAVA_HOME from environment variables which was pointing to c:\jdk1.6

Now Eclipse is working fine.

Second Approach:

Another way - don't add below line in Eclipse and only modify JAVA_HOME to point to C:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jre,

-vm C:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jre\bin\java.exe

Eclipse should work now.