Can't update preferences and can't get rid of Welcome dialog in Gnucash 2.4.7 (OS X 2.6.8)

[John Ralls]

On Aug 1, 2011, at 12:30 AM, prl wrote:

> On 1/08/11 14:08, John Ralls wrote:
>> Did you perchance have 2.4.6 installed? If so, see if ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus (~ refers to your home directory) exists, and if it does move it to the trash and empty the trash, then Gnucash again. Regards, John Ralls
> Hi, John. I've only ever had Gnucash 2.4.7 installed. No earlier versions. The launchagent isn't there:
> 
> Cambyses:~ prl$ ls -l ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus
> ls: /Volumes/Cambyses User/Users/prl/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus: No such file or directory
> Cambyses:~ prl$
> 

OK, good. How about ~/.gconf and ~/.gconfd? Do they belong to you and have 700 permissions?

Is there a dbus-daemon running? (ps -A | grep dbus) (Gnucash should start it on launch; it stays running until you reboot or the next Gnucash launch which kills it and starts a new one.)

Regards,
John Ralls