gnucash won't open

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Oct 30 15:09:07 EDT 2009


Quoting Harold <hh6199 at yahoo.com>:

> Took this from the stack trace link.
>
> Starting GnuCash under gdb
> Sometimes GnuCash might crash too early in the startup sequence such
> that you cannot attach gdb to the running process. In that case you can
> run gnucash under gdb. This is much easier as of GnuCash 2.0. To run
> GnuCash under gdb from the beginning:
> 	1. run "gnucash-env gdb gnucash-bin"
> 	2. at the gdb prompt, type: "run". Also add your parameters here, 
> like "run --nofile"
> 	3. Provoke the crash; type "backtrace" or shorthand "bt" at the
> gdb prompt to obtain the backtrace ("bt full" might provide additional
> info about local variables).
> Typed in the line 'gnucash-env gdb gnucash-bin' and got this for 
> output "gnucash-env gdb gnucash-bin
> /usr/lib/gnucash/overrides/gnucash-env: line 26: exec: gdb: not found"
>
> I have no idea what the output means. I mostly use the gui and the 
> command line only when I have to.

The output means you don't have gdb installed.  You should install gdb
(the Gnu DeBugger) and then try again.

> Harold

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-derek

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