Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

Thu Apr 9 17:55:58 EDT 2009

Hmm. Your version is newer than mine. Could you ask about this on the
MacPorts list? I know others have run into the same problem with dbus, with
or without GnuCash.
-Charles

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Todd Carswell <tcar0341 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's my dbus version:  dbus @1.2.12_5 (active)
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> 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 Maybe your dbus is outdated?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
>
> -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
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>>>>  --Todd
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>>>  --Todd
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