Problem starting OS X version

[John Ralls]

On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Brendan Simon wrote:

> I'm having trouble starting OS X version of GnuCash (2.2.9.4).
> 
> 
> I can get it to start once when I first download and install it, but
> subsequent invocations silently fail.
> The initial invocation asks for a password : "osascript requires that
> you type your password", but this does not happen on subsequent tries.
> 
> It does seem to work if I run directly from the .dmg and alerts me that
> this program has been downloaded from the internet.  It seems if I run
> it more than once from the Applications folder that the issue presents
> itself.
> 
> Any idea how to fix this ??
> 

Is this PPC or Intel?

Another user reported a similar problem on PPC. What fixed it in his case was to rename Gnucash.app to something else, launch (which failed), then rename it back to Gnucash.app. After that, it worked normally.

Regards,
John Ralls