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
*        <code>null</code> and must not be disposed in order
     *        to use this registry
     */
    public ImageRegistry(Display display) {
        super();
        Assert.isNotNull(display);
        hookDisplayDispose(display);
        this.display = display;
    }
    /**
     * Returns the image associated with the given key in this registry, 
     * or <code>null</code> if none.
     *
     * @param key the key
     * @return the image, or <code>null</code> if none
     */
    public Image get(String key) {
        
        if (key == null) {
            return null;
        }
        /**
         * NOTE, for backwards compatibility the following images are supported
         * here, they should never be disposed, hence we explicitly return them 
         * rather then registering images that SWT will dispose.  
         * 
         * Applications should go direclty to SWT for these icons.
         * 
         * @see Display.getSystemIcon(int ID)
         */