[Bug 1634872] [NEW] Various UI features of Eclipse Neon end up with StackOverflow error after upgrade to 16.10

[Thomas Mortagne]

Public bug reported:

Environment:
* Oracle JDK 1.8.0_101
* Eclipse Neon 4.6.1 downloaded from http://eclipse.org
* Ubuntu 16.10 64bit
* nvidia-367 driver via Prime

Looks like something changed between the GTK3 version in 16.04 and 16.10
that partly screw SWT GTK3 support.

Here is how I reproduce it:

* download "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers" 64 bit on http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/
* start it
* try to customize the perspective (Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective)

You end up with a critical error and Eclipse telling it got scared and
want to stop.

The complete error can be found in StackOverflowError.txt attached file.

Bonus: when you restart Eclipse you lost most of the tool bars and no
way to get them back since you can't customize the perspective ("Reset
Perspective" did not helped but did not crashed either).

You can also reproduce it when you try to change the theme and probably
other things.

It was working well on 16.04 (except for https://bugs.launchpad.net
/ubuntu-themes/+bug/1578810 which is still there in 16.10).

# Workaround

One workaround is to disable GTK3 support with the following environment
variable:

    export SWT_GTK3=0

But if you already got the error you will also need to ditch your
workspace since Eclipse can't start anymore with it when GTK3 support is
cancelled.

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: eclipse gtk swt yakkety

** Attachment added: "StackOverflowError.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634872/+attachment/4763766/+files/StackOverflowError.txt

** Summary changed:

- Various UI features of Eclipse Neon end up with StackOverflow error on 16.10
+ Various UI features of Eclipse Neon end up with StackOverflow error after upgrade to 16.10

** Description changed:

  Environment:
  * Oracle JDK 1.8.0_101
  * Eclipse Neon 4.6.1 downloaded from http://eclipse.org
  * Ubuntu 16.10 64bit
  * nvidia-367 driver via Prime
  
  Looks like something changed between the GTK3 version in 16.04 and 16.10
  that partly screw SWT GTK3 support.
  
  Here is how I reproduce it:
  
  * download "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers" 64 bit on http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/
  * start it
  * try to customize the perspective (Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective)
  
  You end up with a critical error and Eclipse telling it got scared and
  want to stop.
  
  The complete error can be found in StackOverflowError.txt attached file.
  
  Bonus: when you restart Eclipse you lost most of the tool bars and no
  way to get them back since you can't customize the perspective ("Reset
  Perspective" did not helped but did not crashed either).
  
  You can also reproduce it when you try to change the theme and probably
  other things.
  
- It was working well on 16.04 (except for #1578810 which is still there
- in 16.10).
+ It was working well on 16.04 (except for 1578810 which is still there in
+ 16.10).
  
  # Workaround
  
  One workaround is to disable GTK3 support with the following environment
  variable:
  
-     export SWT_GTK3=0
+     export SWT_GTK3=0
  
  But if you already got the error you will also need to ditch your
  workspace since Eclipse can't start anymore with it when GTK3 support is
  cancelled.

** Description changed:

  Environment:
  * Oracle JDK 1.8.0_101
  * Eclipse Neon 4.6.1 downloaded from http://eclipse.org
  * Ubuntu 16.10 64bit
  * nvidia-367 driver via Prime
  
  Looks like something changed between the GTK3 version in 16.04 and 16.10
  that partly screw SWT GTK3 support.
  
  Here is how I reproduce it:
  
  * download "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers" 64 bit on http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/
  * start it
  * try to customize the perspective (Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective)
  
  You end up with a critical error and Eclipse telling it got scared and
  want to stop.
  
  The complete error can be found in StackOverflowError.txt attached file.
  
  Bonus: when you restart Eclipse you lost most of the tool bars and no
  way to get them back since you can't customize the perspective ("Reset
  Perspective" did not helped but did not crashed either).
  
  You can also reproduce it when you try to change the theme and probably
  other things.
  
- It was working well on 16.04 (except for 1578810 which is still there in
- 16.10).
+ It was working well on 16.04 (except for https://bugs.launchpad.net
+ /ubuntu-themes/+bug/1578810 which is still there in 16.10).
  
  # Workaround
  
  One workaround is to disable GTK3 support with the following environment
  variable:
  
      export SWT_GTK3=0
  
  But if you already got the error you will also need to ditch your
  workspace since Eclipse can't start anymore with it when GTK3 support is
  cancelled.

** Package changed: java-common (Ubuntu) => ubuntu

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Title:
  Various UI features of Eclipse Neon end up with StackOverflow error
  after upgrade to 16.10

Status in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Environment:
  * Oracle JDK 1.8.0_101
  * Eclipse Neon 4.6.1 downloaded from http://eclipse.org
  * Ubuntu 16.10 64bit
  * nvidia-367 driver via Prime

  Looks like something changed between the GTK3 version in 16.04 and
  16.10 that partly screw SWT GTK3 support.

  Here is how I reproduce it:

  * download "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers" 64 bit on http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/
  * start it
  * try to customize the perspective (Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective)

  You end up with a critical error and Eclipse telling it got scared and
  want to stop.

  The complete error can be found in StackOverflowError.txt attached
  file.

  Bonus: when you restart Eclipse you lost most of the tool bars and no
  way to get them back since you can't customize the perspective ("Reset
  Perspective" did not helped but did not crashed either).

  You can also reproduce it when you try to change the theme and
  probably other things.

  It was working well on 16.04 (except for https://bugs.launchpad.net
  /ubuntu-themes/+bug/1578810 which is still there in 16.10).

  # Workaround

  One workaround is to disable GTK3 support with the following
  environment variable:

      export SWT_GTK3=0

  But if you already got the error you will also need to ditch your
  workspace since Eclipse can't start anymore with it when GTK3 support
  is cancelled.

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