Gnucash 2.6.18 on Apple OS X 10.13 (High Sierra)

[John Ralls]

> On Oct 23, 2017, at 4:57 AM, Geoff Jankowski <geoff.jankowski at me.com> wrote:
> 
> The release of the latest OS from Apple has prevented my Gnucash 2.6.17 from opening.
> 
> I have downloaded 2.6.18 to see if that solved the problem and although it now opens, it does not respond to mouse or keyboard on the windows.  I can only shut it using the Force Quit function.
> 
> Found this on the web:
> 
> The fundamental problem is documented sort-of in this bug: https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80 <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80> <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80 <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80>><https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80 <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80> <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80 <https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng/issues/80>>> 
>> 
>> The simplest solution until the next release is to copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib into Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib. You might want to move the existing one aside first just to be safe.
>> 
> 
> 
> But I do not have a simple /libz.1.dylib
> 
> I have:
> 
> /libz.1.1.3.dylib
> /libz.1.2.5.dylib
> /libz.1.2.8.dylib
> /libz.1.2.11.dylib
> and
> /libz.dylib
> 
> So not sure which to try!
> 
> Is the latest version compatible with the 64 bit OS X 10.13?
> 
> Is there a workaround I can use?
> 
> Do you need more information or crash reports?

GnuCash 2.6.18 includes the latest libz (libz.1.2.11.dylib, to answer your question), so that’s not what’s going on.

Most likely there’s an open dialog blocking GnuCash’s event loop. They have an annoying habit on Macs of hiding behind other windows or appearing in the wrong Space, particularly if you have more than one monitor. Once you’re sure that’s not the case you can open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor, select GnuCash, click the gear in the toolbar, and select “sample process” from the menu. Save the resulting report to a file and open a bug report, attaching the saved file.

Regards,
John Ralls