On Dec 16, 2007, at 6:46 PM, David Newman wrote: > On 12/14/07 9:33 PM, David Reiser wrote: >> >> On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:52 PM, David Newman wrote: >> >>> gnucash 2.2.1-1, fink 0.8.1.cvs powerpc, OS X 10.4.11 >>> >>> Since upgrading from gnucash 1.8 to 2.x, the application always >>> launches >>> with an error saying "cannot find default values". >>> >>> There's a setup option, but it doesn't take -- I get the same thing >>> every time I start gnucash2. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any pointers on fixing this. >>> >>> dn >>> >> There are a couple places in various gnucash list archives that talk >> about this error message. I can't tell for sure what all is involved. >> But what happens if you run >> >> update-gnucash-gconf >> >> from a terminal window before you try launching gnucash? > > This produces several screensful of ORBit errors. I've pasted the > output > below. > > gnucash2 still complains that it can't find default values. > >> >> Other things that might be peripherally involved (seem to be more a >> problem on Windows, but...): Do you have any special characters in >> your >> username, like & or *? (not even sure if OS X allows those). > > > nope > > > What >> version of orbit2 do you have installed? (I might have to boost the >> minimum version in the info file.) > > orbit2, orbit2-dev, orbit2-shlibs are all version 2.14.7-1 > > Thanks in advance for any additional clues. > > dn > [snip gconfd error messages]
Keep in mind that I only sort-of know unix. If I'm interpreting my google results correctly, all those lock file errors result from gconfd-2 getting confused. I do not have any /var/ tmp/gconfd-dbr directory, even when I'm running gnucash2. In your case, I would start by rebooting. Not because I know it's necessary, but because I'd know for sure that I'd killed all the gnome processes on my system. Then open a terminal window and type: sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/orbit-dnewman sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/mapping-dnewman (you could check first to see if you even have those last two directories...) Then type update-gnucash-gconf and see if it will now complete properly. Dave -- David Reiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
