GnuCash 2.1.2 directions
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Jun 4 12:54:14 EDT 2007
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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