Bug 72499 I200408240800 will not start
This has been tested on both Windows XP and GTK+. Eclipse will fail to start with the following exception. (A slightly different trace will appear if you are set up to prompt for which workspace to use.) java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurer.declareImage(WorkbenchConfigurer.java:93) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.declareWorkbenchImage(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:1025) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.declareWorkbenchImages(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:887) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.initialize(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:172) at org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.internalBasicInitialize(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:165) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(Workbench.java:820) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1383) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:263) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:144) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:102) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:335) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:273) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:129) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:582) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:183) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:644) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:628) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageRegistry.hookDisplayDispose(ImageRegistry.java:183) at org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageRegistry.<init>(ImageRegistry.java:80) at org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageRegistry.<init>(ImageRegistry.java:67) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchImages.initializeImageRegistry(WorkbenchImages.java:475) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchImages.<clinit>(WorkbenchImages.java:97) ... 20 more
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/ImageRegistry.java
/**
     * Table of known images keyed by symbolic image name
     * (key type: <code>String</code>, 
     *  value type: <code>org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image</code>
     *  or <code>ImageDescriptor</code>).
     */
    private Map table = null;
    /**
     * display used when getting images
     */
    private Display display;
    /**
     * Creates an empty image registry.
     * <p>
     * There must be an SWT Display created in the current 
     * thread before calling this method.
     * </p>
     */
    public ImageRegistry() {
        this(Display.getCurrent());
    }
    /**
     * Creates an empty image registry.
     * 
     * @param display this <code>Display</code> must not be