Default configuration files - permissions problem? [resolved]

[Brad Milne]

Mate! Well done, that's solved it :)

Thanks a lot and thanks for your lightning responses!
Brad


On 3/21/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hmm..  This is getting into gconf black magic.  You might try:
>
>   gconftool-2 --shutdown
>
> rm -rf /var/tmp/gconfd-brad
>
>   gnucash
>
> -derek
>
> Quoting Brad Milne <mail_4brad at yahoo.co.uk>:
>
> > I did a trace and found
> >
> > /var/tmp/gconfd-brad/lock/ior"
> > 27615 gnucash-bin RET   open -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
> >
> > I've tried before to make the gconfd-brad folder more accessible and now
> > it's perms are wide open (drwxrwxrwx), but still nothing seems to get
> > written in it. Should I create something in there myself?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/21/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, I would have made the permissions more 664, not 666.  *shrugs*
> >> Um, run gnucash under strace and see what's failing?
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> Quoting Brad Milne <mail_4brad at yahoo.co.uk>:
> >>
> >> > Thanks for the fast reply Derek
> >> >
> >> > I changed the perms on /etc/gnucash/config now...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > $ cat etc/gnucash/config
> >> > ;;; -*-scheme-*-
> >> >
> >> > ;; Sample system-wide config file.  At the moment, it's empty.
> >> >
> >> > $ ls -l gnucash/
> >> > total 8
> >> > -rw-rw-rw-  1 root  admin  82  6 Feb 12:07 config
> >> >
> >> > But I still get the same messages. I've already tried fixing the
> >> permissions
> >> > and reinstalled gnucash. One slight variation from the norm is that I
> am
> >> > running this on a Mac using fink (on which it normally runs really
> >> well!).
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Brad
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 3/21/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Quoting Brad Milne <mail_4brad at yahoo.co.uk>:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I messed with my permissions across my whole machine (long story -
> >> and
> >> >> long
> >> >> > night!), but now I think I've got them back pretty much as they
> >> should
> >> >> be.
> >> >> > But, when I try to run gnucash now I get two error boxes, one
> saying:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > <box>
> >> >> > Cannot find default values
> >> >> > The configuration data used to specify default values for GnuCash
> >> cannot
> >> >> be
> >> >> > found in the default system locations....
> >> >> > </box>
> >> >>
> >> >> This would be /etc/gnucash/config
> >> >>
> >> >> > and the other:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > <box>
> >> >> > An error occurred while loading or saving configuration
> information
> >> for
> >> >> > gnucash. Some of your configuration settings may not work
> properly.
> >> >> > </box>
> >> >>
> >> >> This MIGHT be gconf-related..
> >> >>
> >> >> >> From what I've been able to find out, it looks like a gconf
> problem
> >> >> (?). I
> >> >> > can set the default values again using the wizard it prompts to
> use,
> >> but
> >> >> > then I get exactly the same messages again next time I start up.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >>
> >> >> Fix your permissions?  Or better yet, reinstall?
> >> >>
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> -derek
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>        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
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>        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
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
>        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
>
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