GnuCash 2.1.2 directions

[Wm Stewart]

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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