Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)

[Richard Bishopp]

This is disappointing.  I was about the dump the last stable release I have
been using and move up to 2.4.  Now I'm wondering if an entirely different
plan is needed.  I really enjoyed using GnuCash and finally started getting
used to the way it works.
I'm a computer functional illiterate.  I can work the computer but beyond
that it baffles me.

Is there any similar software for the same price out there that I could
consider ?

I do not want the internet connections.  I've always used GnuCash without it
and will not use it if I have to be connected.

Rich...

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Colin Scott <gnucash at double-bars.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Colin Scott <gnucash at double-bars.net>
> > Subject: Re: Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)
> > To: warlord at MIT.EDU, mortimer.hobart at gmail.com
> > Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 1:46 PM
> >
> > > > Why does it connect to the internet at load up?
> > Why will it not
> > > > run unless it can connect to the internet?
> > >
> > > The reason is ORBIT (the Gnome CORBA system); it uses
> > the system's
> > > Internet Address for local inter-process
> > communication.  ORBIT is an
> > > indirect dependency of GnuCash, it's something that
> > gets used by our
> > > dependencies, but not directly by Gnucash.  It's
> > not our code, and
> > > it's not something that we can easily fix.
> >
> > I haven't yet tried 2.4 in Windows, but as I understand
> > this thr, eadlet, you are saying that it _has_ to be able to
> > connect to the internet in order to run, even thought it
> > doesn't actually use it.
>
> What Derek is saying is that gconf uses ORBIT, and Gnucash uses gconf. The
> problem is in gconf, not Gnucash. This has been true since 2008 at least
> (see
> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2008-November/027283.htmlfor the last entry on the thread).
>
> > I have to say that would be a show-stopper for me with that
> > release of gnucash, as I often use gnucash in situations
> > where an internet connection is not available.  I would
> > also add that I could never in my role as a software
> > developer have even contemplated releasing software
> > containing such a bug.  You seem to be saying that this
> > is going to be a permanent feature of gnucash from here
> > on.  If that were to be the case I would reluctantly
> > have to consider moving to other software.
>
> This is not a bug; it's a decision by gconf/ORBIT. It seems to me the path
> for changing this is to contact the gnome/gconf folks (see
> http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/)
>
> David
>
> >
> > Colin
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