GnuCash Crash when I try to create a report

[Dave Reed]

On Monday 09 May 2005 12:47, aslundberg at rcn.com wrote:
> Have loaded GnuCash 1.8.9 onto my Mac G3 running OS 
> 10.3.9. Works great, except for two problems. 
> 
> 1. When I try to create a report (or do anything under 
> the "report" menu) the program crashes, closing all the 
> windows and disappearing. 
>

It's been a while since I've seen this, but I believe it is caused by 
gconfd-1 not being run. Try executing that - if it's not installed, 
install it.


> Since that first happened, I ge an error message when I re-
> open my data file: 
> 
> 2.  "... can't obtain the lock for <data file>... Do you want to 
> continue?" Is this a problem? 


This happened because the program crashed. Try deleting the lock file 
and restarting.


> Suggestions greatly appreciated,
> 
> Bill. 

Dave