Scheduled Transaction Crash

[gnucashmail at oneyv.org]

No joy guys.  I tried that, but still get the same crash in Scheduled Transactions.   I got a new bug-buddy trace, it it will help, I will post it.

Any ideas appreciated.

JimR


Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Mandriva doesn't install under /etc/bin, but under /usr/bin.   Libraries are 
> under  /usr/lib/gnucash/  and so on.
>
> I wouuld endorse your recommendation, Derek.  The OP has already done the 
> equivalent of "rpm -e" the 2.05 installation, but it still needs the source 
> version cleaned out.   I would then search for any remaining gnucash 
> directories or files and delete them before reinstalling the source version.
>
> With two "gnucash" executables, the RPM one in /usr/bin and the source one 
> in /usr/local/bin, results are unpredictable.  Both are in the user's path.   
> At one time I had two versions installed, and I could choose my version by 
> selecting the appropriate executable,  but I would not recommend it.  When I 
> install from source, I almost always run ./configure with the "--prefix=/usr" 
> flag to put everything where Mandriva expects it to be.  
> (Type "./configure --help" to see other options.)  That should overwrite any 
> remnants of the old installation as well.
>
> As a last test, perhaps Jim could type "/usr/local/bin/gnucash" and see what 
> happens...  There can be a strange effect when one executable has been 
> in /usr/bin and a more recent one in /usr/local/bin, that the simple 
> command "gnucash" goes looking for the old one.
>
> HTH,
>
> Doug.
>
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:32:40 pm Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Quoting JimR <gnucashmail at oneyv.org>:
>>> Today, I tried to run my first Scheduled Transaction Since Last Run.  It
>>> crashed, and suggested that I install bug-buddy to report the results.
>>> I did, and created a fake scheduled transaction to recreate the error.
>>> When I get the "Since Last Run ..." dialog up, and click the OK button,
>>> it crashes.  It sent a bug-buddy report to bugzilla as #506011.
>>> However, I am very confused that it reported my gnucash version as 2.0.5
>>> in bugzilla.  I have a hunch that this is a strong part of the reason
>>> for the crash.
>> Interesting backtrace...
>>
>>> When I do Help About under gnucash, it correctly shows version 2.2.2.
>>> The new version 2.2.2 is installed under /usr/local/bin .  The old
>>> version  (which came with my Mandriva base install) version 2.0.5 is
>>> under /etc/bin, but I renamed the files gnucash, gnucash-bin,
>>> gnucash-env and gnucash-valgrind all to .old.  There are no other
>>> gnucash files in /usr/bin.
>> Your problem is that you didn't "rpm -e gnucash" to completely
>> remove the 2.0.5 sources.  What's going on is that you've left
>> all of the gnucash libraries in place in a way that they could
>> interfere with your /usr/local installation.
>>
>> I suggest you "make uninstall" your 2.2 sources, then "make distclean",
>> then reconfigure with --prefix=/opt/gnucash and THEN reinstall gnucash
>> into there.
>>
>>> Help?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> PS - Don't know if it is pertinent or not, but when I inspect the .log
>>> files after the crash, I notice what appears to be some date strings of
>>> 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000 -0500 (I am in U.S. EST), which I suspect is
>>> the *nix "beginning of time" date.
>> It is.  I think that the SX system doesn't set the txn entered date
>> properly.
>>
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>> -derek
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