Re: [Fink-users] gnucash2 config

2007-12-16 Thread David Newman 
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

Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system
crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
(Details -  1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened
successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file
'/var/tmp/gconfd-dnewman/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory)
Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you

Re: [Fink-users] gnucash2 config

2007-12-16 Thread David Reiser 

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]





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Re: [Fink-users] gnucash2 config

2007-12-16 Thread David Newman 
On 12/16/07 5:43 PM, David Reiser wrote:
 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.

The last directory didn't exist, but deleting the first two did the
trick, even without a reboot. The update went fine, and now gnucash2
starts without complaint.

many thanks!

dn



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