Not sure if this is a clue, buit given that it's the ZoneInfoFile that bombs out, I suspect it might be:
# grep open log | grep -v karltk | grep '/zi/' [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/Europe/Oslo", 0x7fe2ac8a5f50) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings", 0x7fe2ac8a5f10) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/GMT+01:00", 0x7fe2ac8a5f50) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings", 0x7fe2ac8a5f10) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/GMT+01:00", 0x7fe2ac8a5f20) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16150] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings", 0x7fe232b43ab0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/GMT", 0x7fe2ac8a09a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [pid 16125] stat("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings", 0x7fe2ac8a0950) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) The zone info files appear to be located elsewhere: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-common/jre/lib/zi/Europe/Oslo /usr/share/javazi/Europe/Oslo /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Oslo /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Oslo /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Europe/Oslo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050404 Title: Causes several facilties of Eclipse to fail: Java class launch, Error Log. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1050404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs