GnuCash/X11/MacOs10.3.3 - sudo issue

[Derek Atkins]

Huh?  You dont need to run gnucash as SUDO/root (except for
the first time).  It works just fine as a normal user after that.

-derek

Bryan "Beau" Grant <bryan_grant at runbox.com> writes:

> Yes, I can open it now. Funny thing is that I tried to install Gnucash
> into the Applications menu. GnuCash wants to be run as SUDO/root. This
> prevents the GNuCash menu item from being functional. Is there a way
> around this?
>
> Beau
>
> On Mar 28, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Adrian Simmons wrote:
>
>> Bryan Beau Grant wrote:
>>> Now the display is not coming up. It reads
>>> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>> Did you open a new terminal window to launch gnucash?
>> Did you start X11 first?
>>
>>> Let me know if you have a better plan.
>> See above, if true then you probably need to check that your
>> ~/.profile and ~/.xinitrc are defining the path right.
>>
>> Some tips here:
>> <http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-general.php>
>>
>> Re-installing Xdarwin isn't likely to fix anything, you need to get
>> your environment set up properly. You can even start Xwindows by
>> itself?
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
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