Gnucash will not open

[Richard Barmann]

On 12/03/2014 10:47 AM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> sorry, I forgot to copy the list
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Richard Barmann <dick at stripingthetown.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This morning when I tried to open Gnucash it will get to the small screen
>> that shows the different stages on the bottom(like style sheet) then it
>> show in my status bar and disappears. Do I need to reinstall? I am using
>> version 2.6.2. I am in Linux Kubuntu 14.10.Thank you for any help.
>>
> That seems odd -- I am certain Kubuntu 14.10 "Utopic" should offer you
> version 2.6.3. Did you install GnuCash from another source? (GetDeb, for
> example.) You can use the "apt-cache policy gnucash" command in a terminal
> to see where yours came from and whether there's an update available in
> your active package sources.
>
> The symptom you describe has affected folks who have upgraded their systems
> and/or GnuCash (including retaining your home directory when reinstalling
> the system or GnuCash). There happens to be a Guile bug that causes
> crashes, and maybe it's affecting you. You might try the workaround
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=764821
>
> You only have to delete the directory
>      ~/.cache/guile/ccache/
> and try to reopen GnuCash. (Note if you are new to linux the tilde slash
> "~/" means your home directory, and the dot in front of the ".cache" means
> the directory is normally "hidden" from ordinary file listings.)
>
> After deleting it, Guile will rebuild the items in the cache directory. You
> only need to do this once after an upgrade.
>
> If you have upgraded to GnuCash version 2.6.3 or 2.6.4 and deleting the
> cache direcgtory doesn't help, open a terminal window and launch GnuCash
> from there
>
>     $ gnucash
>
> and watch for the error messages that appear as the program fails to
> open. Please
> report back to the list (not to me!) with the results.
>
> This is what I get in a Terminal
dick at dick-desktop:~$ gnucash
Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  157: 16 [catch #t #<catch-closure 8e7da20> ...]
In unknown file:
    ?: 15 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 8e7da20>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
3513: 14 [process-use-modules (((gnucash price-quotes)))]
  627: 13 [map #<procedure 8d77680 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3513:25 
(mif-args)> ((#))]
3514: 12 [#<procedure 8d77680 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3513:25 (mif-args)> (#)]
2783: 11 [resolve-interface (gnucash price-quotes) #:select ...]
2708: 10 [#<procedure 8e53f40 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2696:4 (name 
#:optional autoload version #:key ensure)> # ...]
2981: 9 [try-module-autoload (gnucash price-quotes) #f]
2320: 8 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 9375c78 at 
ice-9/boot-9.scm:2982:17 ()>]
3001: 7 [#<procedure 9375c78 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2982:17 ()>]
In unknown file:
    ?: 6 [primitive-load-path "gnucash/price-quotes" ...]
In gnucash/price-quotes.scm:
   41: 5 [#<procedure 98d96f0 ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
3513: 4 [process-use-modules (((www main)))]
  627: 3 [map #<procedure 8d77680 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3513:25 
(mif-args)> ((#))]
3514: 2 [#<procedure 8d77680 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3513:25 (mif-args)> 
((www main))]
2786: 1 [resolve-interface (www main) #:select ...]
In unknown file:
    ?: 0 [scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("no code for module" (www 
main)) #f]

ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
ERROR: no code for module (www main)
dick at dick-desktop:~$


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