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user7571075
user7571075

Reputation: 31

IntelliJ 2016.3.3 (32b) JVM Error Code -6

I was running a script against a very large text file which crashed IntelliJ (i.e. I elected to "Shut Down" intellij when the memory overload pop-up appeared).

Now am getting the below error at startup

"Failed to create JVM: error code -6.
JVM Path: C\Users\[username]\[AppData]\...[IntelliJ Idea 2016.3.3]\jre\jre
If you already have a 32-bit JDK installed, define a JAVA_HOME variable in Computer > System Properties > System Settings > Env Variables"

My idea.exe.vmoptions is as follows

-server
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=240m
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50
-ea
-Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow

and have set JAVA_HOME to both 32 and 64 bit JDKs to test.

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 730

Answers (2)

user7571075
user7571075

Reputation: 31

The issue was related to IntelliJ 2016.3.3 compatibility with Java 1.7.

Installing Java 1.8 allowed me to run the 64b version of IntelliJ, which in turn resolved the JVM error as well.

Upvotes: 0

Shaig Khaligli
Shaig Khaligli

Reputation: 5515

Go to C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio.exe.vmoptions open in notpad

-Xmx512m to -Xmx256m

-XX:MaxPermSize=250m to -XX:MaxPermSize=128m

Or change:

-Xmx750m to -Xmx512m

-XX:MaxPermSize=350m to -XX:MaxPermSize=250m

Upvotes: 1

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