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
int swtKey = -1;
        if (key.equals(Dialog.DLG_IMG_INFO)) {
            swtKey = SWT.ICON_INFORMATION;
        }
        if (key.equals(Dialog.DLG_IMG_QUESTION)) {
            swtKey = SWT.ICON_QUESTION;
        }
        if (key.equals(Dialog.DLG_IMG_WARNING)) {
            swtKey = SWT.ICON_WARNING;
        }
        if (key.equals(Dialog.DLG_IMG_ERROR)) {
            swtKey = SWT.ICON_ERROR;
        }
        
        
        if (swtKey != -1) {
            final Image[] image = new Image[1];
            final int id = swtKey;
            display.syncExec(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    image[0] = display.getSystemImage(id);
                }
            });
            return image[0];
        }
        Entry entry = getEntry(key);
        if (entry == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (entry.image == null && entry.descriptor != null) {