help

[Larry O'Leary]

Just thought that I would mention that this is actually a pretty
common network issue within Windows.  When a Local Area Connection is
available, localhost is redirected to the IP address of the machine
instead of the local loopback interface of 127.0.0.1.  Depending on
the machine set-up, this could trigger network dependencies, offend
firewall rules, and potentially cause network load at the interface
that is unnecessary.  That being said, it seems to be the expected and
desired behaviour by many users and administrators.  This way, I can
use the host name of localhost on the local machine/server without
needing to know its IP address yet the service I am starting is
actually listening on the public network rather then on the loopback
network.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Maurice Carson <carbaxca3 at q.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
> Turned off my internet connection and the program started without and error
> messages or delays. The "problem" must be an internal network thing
>
> thanks
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>; "Geert Janssens" <janssens-geert at telenet.be>
> Cc: <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>; "Maurice Carson" <carbaxca3 at q.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: help
>
>
> There was also a discussion about this a while back. Derek told one person
> that ORBit requires connectivity (see
> http://readlist.com/lists/gnucash.org/gnucash-user/2/11287.html)
>
> Perhaps that's the problem? Derek specifically noted it being outside
> Gnucash purview...
>
> David
>
> --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:
>
>> From: Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be>
>> Subject: Re: help
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org, "Maurice Carson" <carbaxca3 at q.com>
>> Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 1:04 PM
>> On Sunday 4 April 2010, Maurice
>> Carson wrote:
>> > have just installed gnucash BUT it would appear that
>> to use it I ALWAYS
>> > have to have an internet connection. Why should
>> this be. is all the info
>> > saved on a server somewhere
>> > I thought that this was a stand alone program
>> > thanks
>> >
>> GnuCash doesn't really need an internet connection, but it
>> seems to use a
>> network connection to localhost. Localhost is a special
>> network connection
>> from a computer to itself. It never leaves the computer but
>> is treated in all
>> respects as a network connection anyway. Some firewalls
>> block localhost
>> connections. If that happens, gnucash apparently can't
>> communicate with gconf
>> a configuration utility used by gnucash.
>>
>> There is a bug report for this issue:
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510720
>> But no solution so far.
>>
>> If this bug is what you experience, you can work around it
>> by making sure your
>> firewall software allows network access from the local
>> machine to the local
>> machine (weird as that may sound). Look for the term
>> localhost.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Geert
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