2.4.6 gconfd-2 repeated crashes OS X

[John Ralls]

On Jun 1, 2011, at 6:38 PM, malcolm at notyourhomework.net wrote:

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> On 02/06/2011, at 10:59 AM, Richard Nelson wrote:
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>> 2.4.5 worked without problem. After upgrade to 2.4.6 I get a window indicating errors loading or saving configuration information, and another window wanting to setup configuration info. Redo setup and get a navigation window where I can open my gnucash file. Dozens of crash reports in Console referencing gconfd-2. Eventually I can make entries and save the document. Quit and next time I start Gnucash I go through the same process again. I can start gnucash from the command line and it throws errors about stale NFS locks and ORBIT but also eventually works after I navigate to the data file. Roll back to 2.4.5 did not work; application will no longer start. Any ideas?
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> None. Sorry. I can only confirm the experience. My Mac is running OSX 10.6.7.
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> However, I installed 2.4.6 into a temporary location without deleting 2.4.5 so I dumped it and went back to work. 

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that it's related to the new (in 2.4.6) use of a launchd-compatible version of dbus, which is too bad because it does afford a rather less kludgy control.

Can you attach one of the crash reports, either to an email or a bug report?

As for rolling back to 2.4.5, delete ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session and you should be OK.

Regards,
John Ralls