[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 3628/8267] sdk-manual: Added note about nullpointer error for launch eclipse



commit dae00fbb913c24b6bab00d5b99bd61f3455b4728
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date:   Tue Nov 29 15:57:35 2016 -0800

    sdk-manual: Added note about nullpointer error for launch eclipse
    
    Fixes [YOCTO #10714]
    
    Apparently there is some issues with GTK3 libraries for the Mars
    Eclipse version.  The note provides a workaround that requires
    editing the eclipse.ini file.
    
    (From yocto-docs rev: f940d5d3f7bf446af8f3c7cec5958c8395425a69)
    
    Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
    Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>

 documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-mars.xml |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-mars.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-mars.xml
index 144e072..521f682 100644
--- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-mars.xml
+++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-mars.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Launch Eclipse:</emphasis>
                         Double click the "Eclipse" file in the folder to
                         launch Eclipse.
+                        <note>
+                            If you experience a NullPointer Exception after
+                            launch Eclipse or the debugger from within Eclipse,
+                            try adding the following
+                            to your <filename>eclipse.ini</filename> file,
+                            which is located in the directory in which you
+                            unpacked the Eclipse tar file:
+                            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     --launcher.GTK_version
+     2
+                            </literallayout>
+                            Alternatively, you can export the
+                            <filename>SWT_GTK</filename> variable in your
+                            shell as follows:
+                            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ export SWT_GTK3=0
+                            </literallayout>
+                            </note>
                         </para></listitem>
                 </orderedlist>
             </para>


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