Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Charles Day]

Yeah, mesa has been causing problems too. And it seems that some newer
version of gconf started to need dbus, and there have been problems ever
since. I have seen that message about being unable to find preferences
myself, and I that dbus-launch line in the .profile worked for me. There is
a discussion here:https://trac.macports.org/ticket/16755#comment:17

Maybe try launching gnucash like this: dbus-launch gnucash

-Charles


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charles,
> I had to disable the "mesa" port and it now permits me to start gnucash.
>  Still having the same issues with startup, though.
>
> --Todd
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Charles Day wrote:
>
> Don't forget to "Reply All".
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>  --Todd
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  --Todd
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> --Todd
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