GnuCash always crashes on start up

[Maf. King]

Hi,

Try starting gnucash with the command guncash --nofile in a terminal window. 
See if that helps.  You may have some problem with the data file you have 
tried to open.  If anything is printed on the terminal before bug-buddy, 
please post it here, to maybe show what is causing your problem (I don't 
think that the bug-buddy stuff you have posted will help, but others may know 
better!)

2.0.2 is way old, and has loads of bugs fixed by more recent versions.

there is a newer version (2.2.0, afaik) available from 
ftp://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-crauch/10.2/

which you add as an "installation source" in YaST.

HTH,
Maf.

oliver at windfinder.com
On Thursday 30 Aug 2007, Oliver König wrote:
> Hello,
> I installed gnucash 2.0.2 rpm with Yast on OpenSuse 10.2. The application
> GnuCash always crashes on start up!
>
> # gnucash
> gnucash: [D] "starting up (1)."
> gnucash: [D] "handling command line arguments"("gnucash")
> gnucash: [D] "files to open: "()
> gnucash: [D] (results #<eof>)
>
> The Gnucash start window appears, next the Gnucash window appears. then
> another window with the following message appears:
>
> "GnuCash could not obtain the lock
> for /home/oliver/Windfinder/Fibu/gnucash/gnucash_ok.
> That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should not
> open the database. What would you like to do? | Open anyway | create new
> file | Quit |"
>
> I select "open anyway"
>
> The application crashes, a bug buddy window appears and the shell outputs
> the following:
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Accessibility
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Apply theme
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Assistive
> Technology Preferences
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Bonobo Component
> Browser
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Desktop Background
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for File Management
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Fonts
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for GNOME Font Viewer
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for GNOME System
> Monitor
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Keyboard
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Menu Editor
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Menus & Toolbars
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Mouse
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Nautilus
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Open Folder
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Preferred
> Applications
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Screensaver
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Search for
> Files...
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Shortcuts
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Sound
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Theme
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Windows
>
> ** (bug-buddy:19120): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Show Desktop
> "/opt/gnome/bin/gnucash": not in executable format: File format not
> recognized Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Regards,