Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Charles Day]

What do you show with "port installed dbus"? Maybe your dbus is outdated? I
see complaints about this message in old versions of dbus.
Mine shows 1.2.10_0

-Charles

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>  --Todd
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>>>
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>>  --Todd
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> --Todd
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