Gnucash binary 2.2.9.3 for PPC crashes

[Santiago Fernandez]

On Dec 27, 2009, at 7:39 PM, John Ralls wrote:

>
> On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:31 AM, John Ralls wrote:
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>>> So the first time after you clean up, Gnucash runs, is that right?  
>>> And after that it acts like it isn't running the launcher script?
>>
>> That's correct.
>>
>>> Maybe you could try doing the cleanup steps one at a time and see  
>>> which one lets Gnucash run.
>>> Also, are you getting a new dbus-daemon each time you try to  
>>> launch Gnucash?
>>
>> No, I am not getting a new dbus-daemon when Gnucash fails to run.
>>
>> I have tried doing the cleanup steps one at a time. What works for  
>> me is to replace Gnucash.app with the one in the dmg file. I can  
>> keep the dot files (.gconf* .gnucash) and the symlink in /opt. More  
>> specifically, I did the following in order to get Gnucash.app  
>> running from the Finder:
>>
>> 1 - Download Gnucash-PPC-2.2.9.4.dmg and open it
>> 2 - Copy Gnucash.app to Applications folder
>> 3 - Launch Gnucash.app from Finder, follow the instructions, quit  
>> when done
>> 4 - Open Activity Monitor and quit the dbus-daemon process
>> 5 - Replace Gnucash.app with the copy in Gnucash-PPC-2.2.9.4.dmg
>> 6 - Now Gnucash.app runs from the Finder
>>
>> Before and after step 4 Gnucash.app does not run from the Finder, I  
>> do step 4 in order to complete step 5 only.
>>
>>>
>>> You wouldn't happen to have any other Gtk+ installations on your  
>>> machine, perhaps from MacPorts or Fink, would you?
>>>
>>
>> No, I don't think so. I don't have MacPorts or Fink installed  
>> currently.
>>
>
> Interesting. To be sure I have this right, if you launch Gnucash  
> from the finder twice without doing cleanup, you have two instances  
> of dbus-daemon running?

No. I only have one, and this instance of dbus-daemon is launched the  
first time Gnucash is run (step 3).

> And if you kill the dbus-daemon(s) but try to launch Gnucash.app  
> again it fails with the -ps_foo message (but does start a new dbus- 
> daemon)?
>

If I run Gnucash.app again (anytime after step 3 and before step 5),  
it fails both if I don't kill the dbus-daemon and if I kill it. In any  
case the error message is the -ps_foo message.

Also, Gnucash.app doesn't start a new dbus-daemon when it fails.

After having replaced Gnucash.app with a new copy from the .dmg file  
(step 5), the dbus-daemon gets a new process ID everytime I run  
Gnucash.app, but only one instance of the dbus-daemon is active at any  
time.

Regards,
Santi