> What did you have to modify it too?

The ebuild set java5home to /opt/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5, I just changed it to 
ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0..
local java5home=/opt/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0

> Please try to catch the exact error and logs if possible.

popup window upon termination
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
JVM terminated. Exit code=1
/usr/bin/java
-jar /usr/lib/eclipse-3.2/startup.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch ppc
-launcher /usr/lib/eclipse-3.2/eclipse-gtk
-name Eclipse-gtk
-showsplash 600
-exitdata 4c8000
-vm /usr/bin/java
-vmargs
-jar /usr/lib/eclipse-3.2/startup.jar 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
console error
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
JVMDG217: Dump Handler is Processing Signal 11 - Please Wait.
JVMDG303: JVM Requesting Java core file
JVMDG304: Java core file written 
to /home/david/javacore.20060511.180029.16276.txt
JVMDG215: Dump Handler has Processed Exception Signal 11.

I will attach the compressed javacore file.
> Any particular reason why you'd need to add the kde lib to
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH? I would think it would already be there.
I was trying out some Qt code in eclipse and it wouldn't run without that.  It 
is in fact in /etc/ld.so.conf, but eclipse wanted an explicit LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
set prior to starting eclipse.  I couldn't figure out how to configure that 
from within eclipse so put it in the startup script.

> You might want to use the name of the vm, instead of a number, just in
> case the number changes.
Do you mean code such as the following:
eclipse-3.2 -vm "/opt/ibm-jdk-bin-1.4.2.04/bin/javaw"
If so, I have done that for both ibm jdks, and it crashed with both.
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