Cannot find free socket for debugger in eclipse

Question

when I try to debug a java program, it says: "Unable to find free socket for debugger in eclipse". Could you explain how to resolve the error?

Answer 1

As in this thread, you can explicitly specify the JVM path that you use to execute eclipse .
The following is an example of eclipse.ini .

• error 12132 indicated invalid socks proxy information.
• error 27654 refers to a configuration problem ( firewall , antivirus?)

Common checks (some of the features of Windows):

• turn off the vista firewall (it was not activated, to be precise)
• add a firewall rule for java.exe / javaw.exe / eclipse.exe and activate it (just make sure it does not interfere even though it has been disabled)
• disabled my antivirus (avira antivir)
• launched eclipse as administrator
• disabled UAC
• activated / deactivated wired and wireless network interfaces
• changed network interface priorities
• used different jvms (1.6 and 1.7)
• created a completely new workspace

Answer 2

I found a solution (at least in my case).

Eclipse was installed on the company’s shared drive, as soon as I moved it to my local C drive, everything worked fine.