I have a Fedora 16 System with 16GB of RAM.
java version "1.6.0_22" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (fedora-60.1.10.4.fc16-i386) OpenJDK Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)
I try to launch eclipse using:
eclipse/eclipse -vmargs -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m
but it won't: "Failed to create Java Virtual Machine".
What am I doing wrong?
You are apparently trying to run Eclipse in a 32 bit JVM. This is OK, but it means that you won't be able to use anywhere like all of your 16Gb of RAM. The theoretical limit of what a Linux system will let a 32bit process use is less than 3Gb.
This doesn't explain why Eclipse is tanking when you ask for a 2Gb heap. You should be able to allocate a bit more than that. Have you checked Eclipse's log file to see if there is more information there?
Anyway, my advice would be to download and install a 64 bit JDK, and use that to run Eclipse. If you decide to stick with 32 bit, you ought to upgrade anyway because your current JDK is missing a number of important security fixes.
