On Mar 16, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: > 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.
The stalling at the splash screen and the 'failure to load...' may be different problems. Try launching gnucash with 'gnucash --nofile' and see if you get farther. There was a bug that caused gnucash to hang on a mac if the program was trying to display a dialog while the splash screen was showing. For at least some instances, the bug was fixed, but it sounds like you may have found another trigger. If you do get past the splash screen, please let me know what is the first thing gnucash displays. I'll try to get the gnucash developers to look for more places to fix the bug. Dave -- David Reiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
