Description
Due to a problem in Arm® DS-5 Altera Edition, Eclipse may exit showing the error message above when run on some newer Linux distributions.
Resolution
To workaround this issue follow the steps below:
- Open the eclipse.ini file in your Arm DS-5 Eclipse installation in a text editor: <install path>/embedded/ds-5/sw/eclipse/eclipse.ini
- Add the following test the end of the file:
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.cairoGraphics=false - Save and exit the file
- Re-launch Eclipse
This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of Altera SoC EDS