GnuCash 2.1.2 directions
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Jun 4 13:00:37 EDT 2007
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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>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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