GnuCash 2.1.2 directions

[Wm Stewart]

Hi, reinstalling did not replicate the error, but starting on a new machine
does.  On the new machine, the error went away once I allowed what
ZoneAlarm identified as gnucash-bin.exe to access IP 68.142.91.87.

Derek Atkins wrote:
> I can't imagine it's trying to contact any gnucash website.  We
> certainly have not told it to.  It's possible that it's trying to
> ask the network for other gconf instances via a broadcast address
> to the local network.
> 
> -derek
> 
> Wm Stewart <wstewart at livinginternet.com> writes:
> 
>> The bug occurred again.  Two data points:
>>
>>    a.  It appears to have gone away permanently after I allowed GnuCash to
>> contact an external IP (the GnuCash site?) on start-up.  It has not asked
>> to contact that site again, and I have not seen the error again.
>>
>>    b.  I searched on the text of the bug and found it seems to also occur
>> with a variety of other applications:
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22An+error+occurred+while+loading+or+saving+configuration+information%22&btnG=Google+Search
>>
>> Nathan Buchanan wrote:
>>> Thanks for the report. Has the workaround you metioned fixed the problem
>>> permanently? (shutting down gconftool-2 and having it start again when
>>> needed)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> PS: please cc: gnucash-devel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/2/07, *Wm Stewart* <wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>> <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Found a workaround which I documented at the bottom of
>>>     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407458
>>>
>>>     Wm Stewart wrote:
>>>     > Got it going, but it can't save/load preferences - I'll add a bug
>>>     report:
>>>     >
>>>     >    An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information
>>>     >    for gnucash. Some of your configuration settings may not work
>>>     properly.
>>>     >       Details: Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error:
>>>     >       IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
>>>     <http://omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0>
>>>     >
>>>     > Nathan Buchanan wrote:
>>>     >> Good point - Currently we only have the installer on sourceforge.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I think we probably need to put a note in that directory to tell
>>>     people
>>>     >> that the installers are on sourceforge....
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Nathan
>>>     >>
>>>     >> On 6/2/07, *Wm Stewart* < wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>
>>>     >> <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>     Thanks much, from the home page I went here and could not
>>>     find the file:
>>>     >>     http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/unstable/2.1.x/
>>>     >>
>>>     >>     Nathan Buchanan wrote:
>>>     >>     > Hi Wm!
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > Are you sure you downloaded the windows installer, eg
>>>     >>     > "gnucash-2.1.2-setup.exe"? If not,
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > 1.download it from
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>    
>>>     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582
>>>     <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582>
>>>     >>     <
>>>     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582
>>>     <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582>>
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     <
>>>     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582
>>>     <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582>
>>>     >>    
>>>     <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582
>>>     <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582>>>
>>>     >>     > 2. double click on the "gnucash-2.1.2-setup.exe" file to
>>>     lanuch the
>>>     >>     > installer.
>>>     >>     > 3. Follow the prompts.
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > Nathan
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > PS: we also release source packages (eg tar.gz and tar.bz2) -
>>>     >>     these can
>>>     >>     > be used on most any platform, but require you to build the
>>>     program
>>>     >>     > yourself.
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > On 6/2/07, *Wm Stewart* <wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>
>>>     >>     <mailto: wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>>
>>>     >>     > <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>
>>>     >>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com
>>>     <mailto:wstewart at livinginternet.com>>>> wrote:
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >     Hi, I downloaded 2.1.2 but can't find any docs on how to
>>>     >>     install on
>>>     >>     >     Windows
>>>     >>     >     - are there any steps or directions I could follow?
>>>     >>     >     Thanks much,
>>>     >>     >     Bill
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >     --
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     >
>>>     >>     > --
>>>     >>     > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>     >>     > Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> --
>>>     >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>     >> Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
>>>     >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>> Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
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