In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Kevin Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 15-Mar-08, at 23:42 , Richard Nelson wrote:
> 
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Saturday 15 March 2008 05:33:53 am Richard Nelson wrote:
> >>> I have to start gnucash2 as root to get it to load my data file.  
> >>> When
> >>> I start as a user I get gconf errors and the file load stalls at the
> >>> splash screen. I have a clean install of fink on a new macbook. Here
> >>> is the error I am getting in Console:
> >>>
> >>> Failed to load source "xml:readonly:/usr/local/etc/gconf/
> >>> gconf.xml.defaults": Failed: Could not make directory `/usr/local/ 
> >>> etc/
> >>> gconf/gconf.xml.defaults': No such file or directory
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions? Thanks!
> >>>
> >>
> >> If your Fink installation isn't in /usr/local, it looks like you've  
> >> got some
> >> cross-contamination.
> >>
> >> Otherwise, you might try "sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/gconf/gconf.xml/ 
> >> defaults"
> >> to make the directory yourself.
> >
> > I am proving that I should have posted this to the beginners list, but
> > anyway I'm here now.
> >
> > My fink installation is in /sw. It is a brand new install and gnucash2
> > is the only package I have installed, but I also have macports on the
> > computer which is what I assume you mean by cross-contamination. The
> > macports installation came over when I transferred my files to the new
> > computer using the Migration Assistant. I removed macports, removed
> > gconf2 recursively, then reinstalled gnucash2.
> 
> Did you rebuild gnucash2, or just reinstall it?  If you do "fink  
> reinstall gnucash2", fink simply unpacks the deb file that it had  
> created whenever you built gnucash2, and if there were cross  
> contamination issues they will still be there.  If you do a "fink  
> rebuild gnucash2", then fink will compile it again, using what you  
> have installed on your computer right now.
> 
> First, make sure there is nothing in /usr/local.  Then, do a "fink  
> rebuild gnucash2".
> 
> --
> Kevin Horton
> Ottawa, Canada

So I emptied out /usr/local. I did "fink rebuild gnucash2". It did 
install several new packages, so clearly I did have some issues. 
Unfortunately, the splash screen still freezes when loading data, and 
Console still has the "failed to load...." message. I also rebuilt 
gconf2 as a desperation measure without any effect. I had a working 
Gnucash install on my old computer (intel mini), and when I migrated to 
the new macbook the problems started. I just can't figure out what I 
might have done to precipitate this problem.


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