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

[Adrien Monteleone]

For future reference, you can do:

`cat $TMPDIR/gnucash.trace`

on 10.13 (High Sierra) and later, otherwise:

`find /var/folders -name gnucash.trace`

to get the path.

All of this per the wiki: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile

Regards,
Adrien





> On Jun 22, 2020 w26d174, at 2:22 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaearick at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> "open Gnucash.app" via command-line gives the same error code 1 in
> system.log, nothing else happens.
> 
> I had to hunt for a gnucash.trace file by walking the root directory with
> find.  Finally found something in
> /System/Volumes/data/private/var/folders/(other stuff)/gnucash.trace.  I
> zeroed out the tile via "cat /dev/null > gnucash.trace" then started
> clicking and trying to open the app via command-line.  Not a single byte
> went to this file.  Just the errcode 1 to system.log.
> 
> Then I tried via the commond-line, running the executable:
> 
> cd /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS
> ./Gnucash --debug --extra --logto /tmp/gnucash.trace
> 
> The application opened up, wanted me to create a new account, I clicked
> thru the "next" buttons to do so, and then it crashed.  I realize this may
> be a different problem than the "fail to open" issue, but the latter
> problem refuses to cough up a tracefile anyplace.  See attached.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff Earickson