Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Alpár Jüttner]

> So you know how to use vi? Hey, lucky you!  We're probably a dying breed.

Probably not.

Alpar

> 
> The "~" just means your home directory, like /Users/Todd or whatever. And
> the file should be ~/.profile rather than ~./profile -- does that help?
> 
> -Charles
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Charles,
> > This is a "MacPorts" install.  I can open ~./profile in vi and add the
> > line, but it will not allow me to save it when I select ":wq".  I even tried
> > using the "sudo vi ~./profile" when opening the file to no avail.  Ack!
> >
> > --Todd
> >
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Charles Day wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Charles,
> >> Thanks for the response.  You'll have to be patient with me... HOW do I
> >> add this information to ~./profile?
> >>
> >
> > It is just a plain text file named .profile in your home directory. Sorry,
> > I'm new enough to Mac that I can't advise how to edit a plain text file via
> > the GUI. I just use "vi" from the command line, which I'm not even going to
> > attempt to explain.
> > Can someone advise?
> >
> > By the way, was this a MacPorts or a fink install?
> >
> > -Charles
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> --Todd
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Charles Day wrote:
> >>
> >> Does putting this line in your ~/.profile file and then opening a new
> >> terminal help?
> >> eval `dbus-launch --auto-syntax`
> >>
> >> (Note: those are back-quotes. Probably best to cut/paste.)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I just installed Gnucash 2.2.9 on my Mac OS X system.  When I start the
> >>> program, I'm getting the following error messages:
> >>>
> >>> In the terminal window:
> >>>
> >>> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> >>> configure time.
> >>>
> >>> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-IOVudm/:0".
> >>> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a
> >>> socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When Gnucash starts, a couple of pop-ups come up that have the following
> >>> errors:
> >>>
> >>> 1. An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information
> >>> for gnucash.  Some of your configuration settings may not work properly"
> >>>  (Clicking "Details" does nothing)
> >>> 2.  "Cannot find default values.  The configuration data used to specify
> >>> default values for GnuCash cannot be found in the default system locations."
> >>>  (I am forced to run "setup" again but this does not fix the problem)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
> >>>
> >>> --Todd
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>  --Todd
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --Todd
> >
> >
> >
> >
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