I have a problem trying to launch Eclipse in Ubuntu 14.04. Splash picture pops up, then blinks, turns white - and nothing happens until kingdom come.
I have tried Luna, Kepler and 3.8 (from Ubuntu repository). EE and SE editions - both the same. I have also tried to launch them with different (oracle) vm - 1.7 and 1.8.
And yes, I have tried the -clean and simple workspace removal.
This is the only thing it says in console:
org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration: The org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration bundle was activated before the state location was initialized. Will retry after the state location is initialized.
Java VM works fine - I can launch (for example) IDEA or java\javac commands.
Any suggestions?
Try this:
1) Remove .snap from:
.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.projects\<project>\.markers.snap
If you can't find it manually try this:
find /.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects -name "*.snap" -exec rm -f {} \;
The answer is already here, but it's in the comments. So I re-post it as answer: check your 2nd screen. Workspace dialogue may be there.
It Generally happen when eclipse is closed unexpectedly. Heres things you can do.! 1)Save and Delete .metadata from workspace folder. 2) Try Re-installing Eclipse.
This solution worked for me. :)
If you don't have any pending changes and have pushed your project already on your repo, you can also try deleting the project folder where eclipse opens a project path automatically.
When you run eclipse again, it will work again.
Unfortunately, deleting metadata didnt work for me. Also I don't have any extra monitor so deleting my project folder was my last resort.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24726191/eclipse-doesnt-start-in-ubuntu-14-04