crashes when Report opened

[Derek Atkins]

Known issue.  Make sure gconf-1 is running before you start gnucash.

-derek

John Altstadt <altstadt at telus.net> writes:

> Hi There,
> 
> This is another one of those Gentoo questions that have popped up lately.
> 
> I just installed Gentoo (replacing RH9). I emerged gnucash and all its
> various dependancies came along for the ride. The emerge flags used to
> compile gnucash were:
>   [ebuild   R   ] app-office/gnucash-1.8.4  +nls -postgres +ofx -hbci +doc
> Then I copied my account files back onto the new system. There were no
> .gnucash, etc. files copied.
> 
> After running gnucash and setting the various config items the way I
> like them, I was able to add new transactions to my existing accounts
> without any problems. However, if I am in a register window and I click
> on the Report button, gnucash dies a horrible death.
> 
> bash-2.05b$ gnucash --version
> GnuCash 1.8.4
> bash-2.05b$ gnucash --debug
> gnucash: [D] "files to open: "()
> gnucash: [D] "starting up (2)."
> gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""finance-quote-check"" in
> "("/usr/share/gnucash")
> gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/usr/share/gnucash/finance-quote-check"
> gnucash: [D] "found file ""/usr/share/gnucash/finance-quote-check"
> gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""finance-quote-helper"" in
> "("/usr/share/gnucash")
> gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/usr/share/gnucash/finance-quote-helper"
> gnucash: [D] "found file ""/usr/share/gnucash/finance-quote-helper"
> gnucash: [D] "loading system configuration"
> gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""config"" in "("/etc/gnucash")
> gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/etc/gnucash/config"
> gnucash: [D] "found file ""/etc/gnucash/config"
> gnucash: [D] "loading user configuration"
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "report-hook
>   #<procedure business-report-function ()>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "startup-hook
>   #<procedure #f ()>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "ui-startup-hook
>   #<procedure gnc:extensions-menu-setup ()>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "add-extension-hook
>   #<procedure add-business-test ()>
>   #<procedure add-ofx-menu-item ()>
>   #<procedure add-business-items ()>
>   #<procedure gnc:main-window-ui-startup-handler ()>
>   #<procedure gnc:tip-of-the-day-startup-func ()>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "book-closed-hook
>   #<procedure gnc:main-window-book-close-handler (session)>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "book-opened-hook
>   #<procedure import-commodities (session)>
>   #<procedure gnc:main-window-book-open-handler (session)>
>   #<procedure #f (session)>
> gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "ui-post-startup-hook
>   #<procedure business-ui-started ()>
> 
> ----
> 
> Here is where I clicked on the Report button.
> 
> ----
> 
> gnucash: [D] "acct-type: "credit
> gnucash: [D] "ref: "#f
> gnucash: [D] "hash: "#(() ((receivable . #<AcctTypeInfo split:
> #<procedure gnc:owner-report-create-internal (account split query
> journal? double? title debit-string credit-string)> non-split:
> #<procedure gnc:receivables-report-create-internal (account split query
> journal? double? title debit-string credit-string)>>)) () () () () () ()
> () () () () () () () () () () () ((payable . #<AcctTypeInfo split:
> #<procedure gnc:owner-report-create-internal (account split query
> journal? double? title debit-string credit-string)> non-split:
> #<procedure gnc:payables-report-create-internal (account split query
> journal? double? title debit-string credit-string)>>)) () () ())
> gnucash: [D] "split: "#f
> gnucash: [D] "create-fcn: "#f
> 
> gtkhtml-ERROR **: gconf error: Failed to contact configuration server (a
> likely cause of this is that you have an existing configuration server
> (gconfd) running, but it isn't reachable from here - if you're logged in
> from two machines at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit)
> 
> 
> aborting...
> Aborted
> bash-2.05b$
> 
> ----
> 
> My home directory is NFS mounted from a server. That's the closest I can
> come to being logged in from two machines at once.
> 
> When I look for gconfd, I find two likely candidates:
> /usr/bin/gconfd-1
> /usr/libexec/gconfd-2
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
> 
> Should I just create a gconfd softlink to one of the gconfd-? files in
> the /usr/bin directory?
> 
> Do you need any more information?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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