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

[Jeff Earickson]

John,

My System Preferences is (and was) as you recommend, and has been for a
while.  I've seen this behavior with programs before, including Gnucash,
where it flops on the first launch but works thereafter.  So, I tried this
"jiggle the handle" approach here.  No go in this case.

Gnucash 3.906 launches flawlessly via command-lien, but coughs up the err
code 1 in system.log via clicking every time.  No love from it in this
corner.  :(

Jeff Earickson

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 7:57 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
>
> > 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
>
>

-- 
--- Jeff Earickson