gnucash aborts immediately under Oneiric Kubuntu

[Liz]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:58:39 -0700
John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 24, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Paul Abrahams wrote:
> 
> > On Monday, October 24, 2011 11:45:24 AM Bill Nottingham wrote:
> >> Paul Abrahams (abrahams at acm.org) said:
> >>> I'm running Oneiric Kubuntu with gnucash version 1:2.4.7-1.
> >>> Here's what I get when I start it from a command shell:
> >>> 
> >>> pwa at pwa-K60IJ:~$ gnucash
> >>> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> >>> configure time.
> >>> 
> >>> Segmentation fault
> >>> 
> >>> I also see the opening screen flash briefly.
> >>> 
> >>> Something is very wrong, and I don't know what to do about it.
> >> 
> >> It may be https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661383, but
> >> that's only a guess.
> >> 
> >> Bill
> > 
> > I really don't feel capable of modifying the code and then
> > installing the revised version, especially when it requires
> > understanding the code base. This really seems like a task for
> > someone on the development team.
> > 
> > Is there any fix that doesn't require fiddling with the code?
> 
> Try starting with --nofile, to prevent loading your last-opened file,
> then File>Open the last backup (foo.timestamp.gnucash) -- that's on
> the theory that there's something wrong with your last save.
> 
> If that doesn't work, file a bug [1] and attach the tracefile [2]. If
> you can manage a stack trace [3], it would be great if you can paste
> that in to the bug report.
> 
> Until we can figure out an fix the bug, you should probably revert to
> whatever version was working for you before.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
> [2] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
> [3] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace
> _______________________________________________
>


check your xserver-xorg version as there is a bug in xserver-xorg
2:1.11.0-1 which produces exactly this behaviour