GnuCash 2.1.2 directions

[Derek Atkins]

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
>>     >>     >
>>     >>     >     --
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>>     >>     > --
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>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> --
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>>     >> Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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