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

[David H]

No probs with it here, launches ok on 2nd and subsequent attempts.

Cheers David H.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 13:02, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> And I presume no crash report since it seems to be exiting with an error
> code rather than crashing.
>
> Is there anything in the trace file (
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile)? Does it open if you do
>   open Gnucash.app
> from the command line?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
> > On Jun 21, 2020, at 5:18 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaearick at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
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