Errors when starting GnuCash on Mac OS X

Johan jovo at knoware.nl
Fri Apr 10 12:30:43 EDT 2009 

Not an answer but more a kind off me too...

On a fresh (clean install) OS X 10.5.6 installation Gnucash cannot  
find nor initialize its preferences.
Already applied the workarounds as described in this thread and  
MacPorts Ticket 1955 and 17950

Details: Intel iMac, OS X 10.5.6 Clean Install, XCode 3.1.2, XQuartz  
2.3.2, MacPorts 1.710.

I raised MacPorts ticket http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19268 for this.

Regards,
Johan

Op 9-apr-2009, om 21:16 heeft Todd Carswell het volgende geschreven:
> 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 outdated?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
>> -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
>>>>>
>>>> --Todd
>>>>
>>> --Todd
>>>
>> --Todd
>>
> --Todd
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