Android Programming: ddms]null java.lang.NullPointerException error

Starting Android emulator within Eclipse Helios I get:

[2011-06-15 14:01:36 - ddms]null
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.android.ddmlib.Client.sendAndConsume(Client.java:572)
at com.android.ddmlib.HandleHello.sendHELO(HandleHello.java:142)
at com.android.ddmlib.HandleHello.sendHelloCommands(HandleHello.java:65)
at com.android.ddmlib.Client.getJdwpPacket(Client.java:671)
at com.android.ddmlib.MonitorThread.processClientActivity(MonitorThread.java:317)
at com.android.ddmlib.MonitorThread.run(MonitorThread.java:263)
}

To fix this problem set a Size on the SD card property within the Android Virtual Device (AVD).