GnuCash 2.1.2 directions

Wm Stewart wstewart at livinginternet.com
Mon Jun 4 13:40:58 EDT 2007


Perhaps you could test installation of 2.1.2 on a new Windows machine with
a firewall that traps outgoing connections as well as incoming?  You are
right that there are a lot of connections to itself through 127.0.0.1 or
the machine IP, which I allowed, and the one external connection attempt.

On the tests I've done on two machines, denying the external connection on
GnuCash start-ups led to the error message, and once the connection was
allowed the error went permanently away.  Interestingly, subsequent
repeated deinstalls and reinstalls failed to replicate the external
connection attempt or the error message on either machine, indicating the
issue occurs only on machines that have never had GnuCash previously
installed.

Derek Atkins wrote:
> 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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