cq5 - eclipse - monitoring when something goes wrong in the eclipse IDE

The Problem

Something strange is going on when running the Eclipse IDE, and you want to get a clue as to what the problem may be.

The Solution

Go to your eclipse directory, where your eclipse.exe file is, and run the following command:

eclipse.exe -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote

This will run your eclipse IDE in debug mode.

Then go to your Java home directory in your sdk, ie, C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0

Note, if Java has been configured correctly, you can use:
echo %JAVA_HOME%

on the command line to see which directory is being used

go to the bin directory in your java home, and run jconsole.exe

Connect to your process ID, and you can profile eclipse to get an idea of what is going on.