gnucash doesn't start anymore - procedure delete-file

Klaus Dahlke klaus.dahlke at gmx.de
Wed Jan 28 16:36:33 CST 2004


On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:50:20 -0500
Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Run gnucash under strace and figure out which file it's trying to
> delete and then fix the permissions on it...
> 
> -derek
> 
> Klaus Dahlke <klaus.dahlke at gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Dear all,
> > unfortunately I messed up my /opt/gnome/lib where most of the libs gnucash is relying on are located. I tried to restore the libs a good as possible, but gnucash still fails to start:
> >
> > $ gnucash
> > ERROR: In procedure delete-file:
> > ERROR: Permission denied
> >
> > Even 'export GNC_DEBUG' doesn't produce more output.
> >
> > It is a gnucash-1.8.8 self-compile installation. configure, make, and make install run fine without any errors, but starting fails.
> >
> > Can someone give me a hint which libs pr similar might cause that problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Klaus
Hi all,
I don't no why, but after starting gnucash as root, the error disappeared. Somehow it was a real permission problem.

Thanks,
Klaus




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