Gnucash binary 2.2.9.3 for PPC crashes

[John Ralls]

On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:

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> On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:24 AM, John Ralls wrote:
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>> On Dec 14, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
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>>> On Dec 13, 2009, at 11:24 PM, John Ralls wrote:
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>>>> On Dec 13, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
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>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I've downloaded Gnucash-PPC-2.2.9.3.dmg and I'm using it on a PPC laptop running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8.
>>>>> The first time I launch Gnucash.app it runs fine. After quitting, when I launch it again it crashes. The report includes the following:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dyld Error Message:
>>>>> Library not loaded: /opt/gnucash-2.3.x/lib/libatk-1.0.0.dylib
>>>>> Referenced from: /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/lib/libgtk-quartz-2.0.0.dylib
>>>>> Reason: image not found
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>>>> Darn, I'm really slow today. The problem is, obviously, that libgtk-quartz is looking in the wrong prefix directory. I'll rebuild it and get a repaired bundle up in the next day or so. In the meantime you can try
>>>> $ sudo ln -s /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources /opt/gnucash-2.3.x
>>>> so that the libraries with bad rpaths are findable. (I'm not 100% sure that it will work; there may be other problems.)
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>>> 
>>> Hi John,
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>>> I tried but you're right, it doesn't work. I get the following message in the console log:
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>>> 12/14/09 7:14:27 PM [0x0-0x2a02a].org.gnucash.Gnucash[318] * 19:14:27  WARN <gnc.bin> Error parsing command line arguments: [Unknown option -psn_0_172074]; try `gnucash --help` for available options.
>>> 12/14/09 7:14:27 PM com.apple.launchd[68] ([0x0-0x2a02a].org.gnucash.Gnucash[318]) Exited with exit code: 1
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>> I've uploaded a new bundle. Sorry it's a bit huge, some of the packages seem to be including debug symbols.
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> Hi John,
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> I am still unable to get gnucash running a second time. The console log shows the same message as before:
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> 12/18/09 5:47:56 PM [0x0-0x42042].org.gnucash.Gnucash[356] * 17:47:55  WARN <gnc.bin> Error parsing command line arguments: [Unknown option -psn_0_270402]; try `gnucash --help` for available options.
> 12/18/09 5:47:56 PM com.apple.launchd[65] ([0x0-0x42042].org.gnucash.Gnucash[356]) Exited with exit code: 1
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> Any clue?
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> I see in the readme file that you've included other fixes in the bundle too. That's nice.
> Thank you very much,
> Santi

What happens if you open Terminal.app and issue the following?
/Path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
(Obviously, replace /Path/to with wherever you dragged Gnucash.app)

Is the unknown option the same every time?
What is the path to Gnucash.app?

Regards,
John Ralls