GnuCash 2.4.0 in Intel MacBook Pro hangs

[Peter Boosten]

On 27 dec 2010, at 16:00, Peter Boosten wrote:

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> On 23 dec 2010, at 07:20, Peter Boosten wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I've installed (or upgraded to) 2.4.0, accroding the readme in the dmg file.
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>> First removed the 2.2.9 version, then ran the Update Dirs tool, which gave me some error messages about things I didn't have installed (like online banking). I assumed these were oke.
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>> Then copied Gnucash to applications, and started it.
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>> Gnucash wasn't happy with the changes made by Update Dirs apparently, since it stated that it had to change configuration as well, so I let it.
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>> After that, gnucash showed my default opened accounts and reports, however hangs immediately after that, and I'm only able to force quit the app.
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>> Anyone know how to circumvent/solve this issue?
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> Oke, it turned out to be the opened reports: I quit 2.2.9 with some reports opened, and installed 2.4.0 afterwards (after converting the config information). I started anew, with 2.2.9 not showing the reports, then did the whole installation procedure again, and everything worked.
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> Maybe something to mention in the upgrade document?


I now have the real causes of these hangs: it's the combination of open reports and changing languages.

In 2.2.9 I used to have the Dutch language for the menus, and after deinstalling 2.2.9 in order to install 2.4.0, this language changed to English. The open reports caused Gnucash to hang.

I wanted Dutch menus again, so I changed Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash, and added these two lines:

export LANGUAGE=nl_NL
export LANG=nl_NL

And with open reports, Gnucash hangs.

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Peter Boosten
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