Startup Errors [was [Fink-beginners] Problems with Gnucash through Fink]

David Patrick webmaster at davidpatrick.name
Wed Nov 21 14:58:29 EST 2007


Updated the thread over on the Fink mailing list - I wonder if anyone  
can help me on here.

It is frustrating - I am sure it is a simple problem, but I don;t know  
where to start looking for a solution.

Cheers,
David

Begin forwarded message:

> From: David Patrick <webmaster at davidpatrick.name>
> Date: 21 November 2007 19:45:09 GMT
> To: David Patrick <webmaster at davidpatrick.name>
> Cc: fink-beginners at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems with Gnucash through Fink
>
> Can anyone help with this issue?
>
> It's been a few days, and I have tried several times. Each time  
> removing Gnucash and re-installing.
>
> A search of Google, Fink and the Archives here have not turned up  
> anything that I can seems to have a similar problem.
>
> Could it be Leopard that is causing the issue?
>
> If someone can give me a pointer or two, I can make a start in  
> working out the rest myself, it is jsut I am stuck at this point and  
> do not know which way to turn....
>
> All the relevant information is listed below.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On 18 Nov 2007, at 21:58, David Patrick wrote:
>
>> Bad form to respond to my own message, but I have managed to get a  
>> bit more information about the problems I am getting. The Terminal  
>> window gives me the following information when I start Gnucash from  
>> the command line.
>>
>> ---- terminal output start ----
>> Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     JISX0208.1983-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     KSC5601.1987-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     GB2312.1980-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     JISX0201.1976-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **: Missing charsets in FontSet creation
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     JISX0208.1983-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     KSC5601.1987-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     GB2312.1980-0
>>
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **:     JISX0201.1976-0
>>
>> ---- terminal output end ----
>>
>> The question is - have I made a mistake during the build of Fink  
>> which has not picked up these fonts, or is it Gnucash not building  
>> correctly.
>>
>> it coud of course be that i need to install these fonts, but I  
>> don't know where i should be looking if that is the case.
>>
>> Any help on this would be most welcome.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>> On 18 Nov 2007, at 18:25, David Patrick wrote:
>>
>>> Have just installed the latest build of Gnucash through the Fink,  
>>> and
>>> everything appears OK - no odd error messages during the  
>>> installation
>>> process.
>>>
>>> However, on launching the application utilising the Gnucash Launcher
>>> 2.0 application I get the following:
>>>
>>> (1) X11 starts
>>> (2) Gnucash appears to start - the splash screen appears and looks  
>>> to
>>> be activating the various modules
>>> (3) Error message displays "Please visit the GNOME Application Crash
>>> page for more information"
>>> (4) New error message appears "The command exited with a non-zero
>>> status"
>>> (5) Clicking OK closes the app down
>>>
>>> Just looking for ideas of what might be wrong or what I could do to
>>> rectify the error.
>>>
>>> I will be asking over on the Gnucash lists as well - in case it is
>>> related to Gnucash and not Fink.
>>>
>>> Running on 2.0ghz iMac running 10.5.1 version of Leopard.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> David Patrick
>>> webmaster at davidpatrick.name

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