gnucash aborts immediately under Oneiric Kubuntu

David Carlson carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net
Wed Oct 26 12:54:32 EDT 2011


On 10/25/2011 5:58 PM, Liz wrote:
> 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
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Is this why the latest version is not available in Ubuntu?
The version that I downloaded yesterday started OK for me, but it was
not 2.4.8.

David
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