gnucash keeps dying

[Derek Atkins]

First, please cc gnucash-user on all replies.

Second, try running gconfd-1 in the background.

This is all in the FAQ.

-derek

"Robert E. Harvey, M.D." <rharvey at cox-internet.com> writes:

> I just ran /usr/bin/gconfd-1. It ran about 10 minutes before returning
> to the command line. Upon starting gnucash, I still get the same error
> message:
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file gnc-transaction-xml-v2.c: line 443
> (set_tran_date): assertion `tm' failed.
>
> and gnucash dies when trying to access the help menu f rom within the
> program.
>
> Anything else to try?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>>Please read what I wrote.  gconfd-2 != gconfd-1.
>>
>>-derek
>>
>>"Robert E. Harvey, M.D." <rharvey at cox-internet.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Derek,
>>> I can find nothing useful in the FAQ to help solve this problem.
>>>gconfd-2 is running on my gentoo system.  I have removed  all
>>>scheduled transactions and the probem is still there.  I'll pay you
>>>for your time if you'll help me solve this problem.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>on startup and trying to access the report writer still results in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>gnucash dying.  Has anyone had experience with this error message
>>>>>and gnucash dying.  And, more importantly, how do I fix it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>This is described in the FAQ.  You need to run gconfd-1.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available