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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