Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

[Todd Carswell]

Here's my dbus version:  dbus @1.2.12_5 (active)



On Apr 9, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Charles Day wrote:

> 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 outdated?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
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> -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
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--Todd