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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>>>>> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>



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