EBI 3 Scenario:

Attempting to start Linux EBI 3 server from the command line in Linux.

EBI 3 Issue:

EBI 3 workspace is not currently owned by the user logged in at the moment. Nor is the current user a member of the group that is assigned to the workspace directory.

EBI 3 Server Error:

seanhoppe@SHLinux1:/opt/ebi26april/ebi31$ ./ebiServer
!SESSION 2014-04-29 12:11:11.117 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.7.0_51
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -data /opt/ebi26april/runtime-workspace

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2014-04-29 12:11:16.376
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The platform metadata area could not be written: /opt/ebi26april/runtime-workspace/.metadata. By default the platform writes its content
under the current working directory when the platform is launched. Use the -data parameter to
specify a different content area for the platform.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.DataArea.assertLocationInitialized(DataArea.java:61)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.DataArea.getLogLocation(DataArea.java:82)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.getLogFileLocation(Platform.java:708)
at com.extol.ebi.runtime.Application.start(Application.java:46)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
EbiServer:
An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/seanhoppe/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.8_1817790428/configuration/1398787871541.log.

** (EbiServer:2209): WARNING **: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=ebf8d3ff4c01656c90a3fefa00000d4f --binary-syntax --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.\n

EBI 3 Resolution:

Perform a sudo to login as a user that owns the EBI 3 workspace or make the current user a member of the group that owns the EBI 3 workspace.