[GNC-dev] gnucash 3.906-1 fails to launch on clicked icon

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 21, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaearick at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Releases 3.905-1 and previous 3.9x releases
> 
> OS: MacOS 10.15.5 (Catalina) MacBook Pro and Mac Mini hardwares
> 
> System log says (/var/log/system.log):
> 
> *Jun 21 17:15:55 rongovia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
> (com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.Gnucash[602]): Service exited
> with abnormal code: 1*
> 
> 
> (could not find other references to Gnucash in any other syslogs)
> 
> The problem: When you click on the application icon to launch Gnucash, you
> get the "verifying Gnucash" scrollbar, then -- nothing.  Checking the
> syslogs, you see the message above.  This is true when the program is
> installed in /Applications, or clicked on directly from the mounted volume
> from the dmg.
> 
> However, the program will start up correctly if you open a terminal window
> and launch it via command-line, ie
> 
> cd /Applications/GnucashGnucash.app/Contents/MacOS
> ./Gnucash
> 
> I get:
> 
> *rongovia:MacOS jaearick$ ./Gnucash*
> 
> *Application Path
> /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/./Gnucash*
> 
> 
> *(process:878): gnc.gui-**WARNING** **: **17:30:10.516**:
> [mac_set_languages()] Language list: en:en_US:C*
> 
> 
> and the splash screen and everything else appears normally.
> 
> 
> I googled about this topic, and it has appeared in the past, but I did not
> find an actual fix to the problem.
> 
> 
> FYI, before this turns into a real 4.0 release.

This is pretty common, the verification blocks the launch. It generally starts right up on the second and subsequent launch attempts, as it did for me just now. Do make sure that you have "App Store and identified developers" checked in System Preferences>Security & Privacy>General under Allow apps downloaded from:.

Regards,
John Ralls