GnuCash 2.1.2 directions
Wm Stewart
wstewart at livinginternet.com
Mon Aug 27 14:04:10 EDT 2007
Hi folks, I just updated this bug, am concerned about installer virus
contamination, perhaps not from GNUCash but from included code, but in any
case seems to be the only explanation:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407458
Wm Stewart wrote:
> Perhaps you could test installation of 2.1.2 on a new Windows machine with
> a firewall that traps outgoing connections as well as incoming? You are
> right that there are a lot of connections to itself through 127.0.0.1 or
> the machine IP, which I allowed, and the one external connection attempt.
>
> On the tests I've done on two machines, denying the external connection on
> GnuCash start-ups led to the error message, and once the connection was
> allowed the error went permanently away. Interestingly, subsequent
> repeated deinstalls and reinstalls failed to replicate the external
> connection attempt or the error message on either machine, indicating the
> issue occurs only on machines that have never had GnuCash previously
> installed.
>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hmm.. I have no idea why it would attempt to contact that address.
>> It's nothing to do with us, that's for sure.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Wm Stewart <wstewart at livinginternet.com>:
>>
>>> Afaik I do not have anything to do with llnw.net. My machines have
>>> addresses like 209.217.x.x.
>>>
>>> Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> 68.142.91.87 resolves to:
>>>>
>>>> 87.91.142.68.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer cds192.lga.llnw.net.
>>>>
>>>> What's your host's IP Address?
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Wm Stewart <wstewart at livinginternet.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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