UPGRADE YOUR BROWSER

We have detected your current browser version is not the latest one. Xilinx.com uses the latest web technologies to bring you the best online experience possible. Please upgrade to a Xilinx.com supported browser:Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, Safari. Thank you!
  1. Xilinx - Adaptable. Intelligent.
  2. Support
  3. AR# 38272: 12.3 EDK - SDK crashes on Linux with a SIGSERV error when creating a new workspace

AR# 38272

12.3 EDK - SDK crashes on Linux with a SIGSERV error when creating a new workspace

Description

When creating a new SDK workspace on a Linux machine, I get an error message similar to the following:

Xilinx EDK 12.3 Build EDK_MS3.69
Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x6d34fe45, pid=9200, tid=3074759568
#
# JRE version: 6.0_16-b01
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (14.2-b01 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [libxul.so+0xb78e45]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/user/work/hs_err_pid9200.log

Solution

One solution is to unset the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME environment variable :

unsetenv MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME

Linked Answer Records

Master Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
34609 12.x EDK - Master Answer Record List N/A N/A
AR# 38272
Date 12/15/2012
Status Active
Type General Article
Tools
Page Bookmarked