Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Todd Carswell]

Charles,

No, that did not work either.  I entered dbus-launch gnucash and got  
the following output from terminal:

"EOF in dbus-launch reading address from bus daemon"


--Todd



On Apr 8, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Charles Day wrote:

> 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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--Todd