hi i just installed j2sdk1.4._08 and eclipse on a linux machine and got the
following error-
!ENTRY initial@reference:file:/eclipse/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.core.
runtime_3.0.2/ 0 0 Jun 30, 2005 13:01:04.618
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent.ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.core.internal.
runtime.PlatformActivator.start() of bundle org.eclipse.core.runtime.
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.
startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:975)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start
(BundleContextImpl.java:937)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker
(BundleHost.java:421)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume
(AbstractBundle.java:366)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle
(Framework.java:999)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.
resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:577)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL
(StartLevelManager.java:488)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.
doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:273)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.
dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:444)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent
(EventManager.java:186)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventThread.run(EventThread.
java:104)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: An error occurred while locking file
"/eclipse/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.
fileTableLock": "Invalid argument". A probably reason is that the file system
or Runtime Environment does not support file locking. You may want to choose
a different location, or disable file locking (using the osgi.locking
property), but this can cause data corruption.
       at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.Locker_JavaNio.lock
(Locker_JavaNio.java:42)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.FileManager.lock(FileManager.
java:219)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.FileManager.open(FileManager.
java:423)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.
initializeRuntimeFileManager(InternalPlatform.java:391)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.start
(InternalPlatform.java:384)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.
startInternalPlatform(PlatformActivator.java:251)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.start
(PlatformActivator.java:64)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run
(BundleContextImpl.java:958)
       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.
startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:954)
       ... 10 more
Root exception:
java.io.IOException: An error occurred while locking file
"/eclipse/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.
fileTableLock": "Invalid argument". A probably reason is that the file system
or Runtime Environment does not support file locking. You may want to choose
a different location, or disable file locking (using the osgi.locking
property), but this can cause data corruption.
       at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.Locker_JavaNio.lock
(Locker_JavaNio.java:42)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.FileManager.lock(FileManager.
java:219)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.service.datalocation.FileManager.open(FileManager.
java:423)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.
initializeRuntimeFileManager(InternalPlatform.java:391)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.start
(InternalPlatform.java:384)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.
startInternalPlatform(PlatformActivator.java:251)
       at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.start
(PlatformActivator.java:64)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run
(BundleContextImpl.java:958)
       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.
startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:954)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start
(BundleContextImpl.java:937)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker
(BundleHost.java:421)
       at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume
(AbstractBundle.java:366)