Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Charles Day]

Don't forget to cc the list on replies.

So you know how to use vi? Hey, lucky you!  We're probably a dying breed.

The "~" just means your home directory, like /Users/Todd or whatever. And
the file should be ~/.profile rather than ~./profile -- does that help?

-Charles


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charles,
> This is a "MacPorts" install.  I can open ~./profile in vi and add the
> line, but it will not allow me to save it when I select ":wq".  I even tried
> using the "sudo vi ~./profile" when opening the file to no avail.  Ack!
>
> --Todd
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Charles Day wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Charles,
>> Thanks for the response.  You'll have to be patient with me... HOW do I
>> add this information to ~./profile?
>>
>
> It is just a plain text file named .profile in your home directory. Sorry,
> I'm new enough to Mac that I can't advise how to edit a plain text file via
> the GUI. I just use "vi" from the command line, which I'm not even going to
> attempt to explain.
> Can someone advise?
>
> By the way, was this a MacPorts or a fink install?
>
> -Charles
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --Todd
>>
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Charles Day wrote:
>>
>> Does putting this line in your ~/.profile file and then opening a new
>> terminal help?
>> eval `dbus-launch --auto-syntax`
>>
>> (Note: those are back-quotes. Probably best to cut/paste.)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just installed Gnucash 2.2.9 on my Mac OS X system.  When I start the
>>> program, I'm getting the following error messages:
>>>
>>> In the terminal window:
>>>
>>> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
>>> configure time.
>>>
>>> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-IOVudm/:0".
>>> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a
>>> socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When Gnucash starts, a couple of pop-ups come up that have the following
>>> errors:
>>>
>>> 1. An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information
>>> for gnucash.  Some of your configuration settings may not work properly"
>>>  (Clicking "Details" does nothing)
>>> 2.  "Cannot find default values.  The configuration data used to specify
>>> default values for GnuCash cannot be found in the default system locations."
>>>  (I am forced to run "setup" again but this does not fix the problem)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
>>>
>>> --Todd
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>  --Todd
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --Todd
>
>
>
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