Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

Charles Day cedayiv at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 14:10:37 EDT 2009


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Won't start how? The same problem or different? Did you remember to use the
changes by opening a new Terminal? Or doing:  . ~/.profile

-Charles

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ah, yes.  Using ~./profile allows me to edit the file.  After adding the
> line "eval `dbus-launch --auto-syntax`", though, gnucash will not start at
> all.
> --Todd
>
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Charles Day wrote:
>
> Don't forget to cc the list on replies.
>
> So you know how to use vi? Hey, lucky you!  We're probably a dying breed.
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>  --Todd
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> --Todd
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