Gnucash binary 2.2.9.3 for PPC crashes

[Santiago Fernandez]

On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:51 PM, John Ralls wrote:

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> On Dec 19, 2009, at 4:25 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
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>> On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:34 AM, John Ralls wrote:
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>>> On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
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>>>> I didn't get an ARGS entry in the console log.
>>>> So, what I did was to add the following line:
>>>> echo ARGS $* > $HOME/args.txt
>>>> Then, when I run Gnucash.app from the Finder the file $HOME/ 
>>>> args.txt is not created.
>>>> Such file is created only when I run the Gnucash script from the  
>>>> terminal.
>>>> I would say the Gnucash script is not called when running  
>>>> Gnucash.app from the Finder... ?
>>>>
>>>> What do you reckon?
>>>
>>> That's very strange, and completely different from what happens on  
>>> my machine... but I have some other boxes to try it on, so I will.
>>>
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>> I have borrowed an intel mac running Tiger. Gnucash.app works well,  
>> the console log shows the list of arguments when adding the "echo  
>> $*" line to the gnucash script.
>>
>> My laptop is a powerpc mac and it is running Leopard.  I'll try to  
>> find info on google, although I must say I don't have experience on  
>> programming mac apps.
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> And I just tested on an iBook G4 running Leopard, using a copy of  
> the dmg I uploaded to Sourceforge. Gnucash started up and ran fine,  
> twice. Something must have gotten screwed up on your PPC laptop.
>
> Try this from Terminal:
> sudo rm /opt/gnucash-2.2.9
> sudo rm -rf /Applications/Gnucash.app
> rm -rf ~/.gnucash
> rm -rf ~/.gconf*
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> Then drag Gnucash.app from the Gnucash-PPC.2.2.9.dmg to / 
> Applications and try again.
>

I've tried but it keeps failing when ran a second time.
Thanks for checking it out with the iBook & Leopard. Something must be  
wrong on my powerbook.

Santi