problem loading gnucash on colinux

[Robert Heller]

  bn <aval57 at yahoo.com>,
  In a message on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:26:44 -0800 (PST), wrote :

b> Thanks for the responses Elizabeth & Derek,
b> 
b> I guess I should elaborate a little...
b> 
b> 1. I installed gnucash from the console (using
b> apt-get, as indicated
b> previously), no errors or warnings. 'gnucash
b> --version' reports "GnuCash
b> 1.8.10'.
b> 
b> 2. gnucash files seem to be all in place, although
b> /etc/gnucash/config only
b> reads:
b> --------------------------------------------------------------
b> ;;; -*-scheme-*-
b> 
b> ;; Sample system-wide config file.  At the moment,
b> it's empty.
b> --------------------------------------------------------------
b> 
b> 3. Running gnucash from the console fails due to a
b> lack of display, (which
b> is what the gnome gdm provides).  Other apps, e.g.
b> gimp, inkscape also fail
b> similarly at the console but run fine from the gnome
b> desktop.  I understand
b> that I can configure a display from the console and
b> launch the apps, but
b> since the graphic gnucash startup screen appears in
b> gnome, I doubt the
b> problem has anything to do with the display.
b> 
b> 4. Running gnucash in gnome shows the graphic startup
b> window, with the
b> following messages:
b> 
b>    Loading modules... (several names follow)
b>    Checking Finance::Quote...
b>    Loading configs...
b> 
b> 5. The startup window closes, and nothing happens.  No
b> error messages
b> either in gnome, or on the root console.  System
b> monitor shows no gnucash
b> process.

What you need to do is NOT run GnuCash at the non-X11 console --
that won't work, for obvious reasons.

What you need to do is fire up X11 (eg Gnome).  Then rather then use
the little icon or menu thing to start GnuCash, fire up an X11 Terminal
of some sort.  With the modern incarnation of GNome it is under the
System Tools sub-menu under the Start menu: Start->System
Tools->Terminal.  This will give you a *window* with a shell prompt. 
Type gnucash in this window and then then capture all of the output
displayed there when gnucash crashes.  Post this (textual) output to
this mailing list.  Most likely there will be an error message that
will explain gnucash's problem.  It is possible that you might even be
able to figure out the problem yourself from this output.

b> 
b> I'll look into what config ought to read, though again
b> any help is greatly
b> appreciated.
b> 
b> Bahman
b> 
b> 
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