Gnucash has been crashing on me each time I selected the tutorial from the help menu. I ran gnucash from a terminal window to see what the error might be and got the following: trey@salamander:~> gnucash gtkhtml-ERROR **: gconf error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it isn't reachable from here- if you're logged in from two machines at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit) aborting... Aborted trey@salamander:~> I'm only logged in at this machine. Could it be that gnucash doesn't agree with my version of gtkhtml? trey@salamander:~> rpm -qa | egrep ^\(glib2\|gtk2\|gtkhtml\)- gtkhtml-1.1.10-199 gtk2-devel-2.4.7-0.gbv.1 glib2-devel-2.4.6-0.gbv.1 gtk2-2.4.7-0.gbv.1 glib2-2.4.6-0.gbv.1 gtk2-themes-0.1-636 gtk2-engines-2.2.0-400 'red-carpet' will no longer launch for me either, so I don't know if the two are related. Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey "The other day I put instant coffee in my microwave oven ... I almost went back in time." -- Steven Wright Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 5:05pm up 1 day 18:39, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.28, 0.26
On Sunday 05 September 2004 23:11, Trey Sizemore wrote:
Gnucash has been crashing on me each time I selected the tutorial from the help menu. I ran gnucash from a terminal window to see what the error might be and got the following:
trey@salamander:~> gnucash
gtkhtml-ERROR **: gconf error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it isn't reachable from here- if you're logged in from two machines at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit)
aborting... Aborted trey@salamander:~>
I'm only logged in at this machine. Could it be that gnucash doesn't agree with my version of gtkhtml?
trey@salamander:~> rpm -qa | egrep ^\(glib2\|gtk2\|gtkhtml\)- gtkhtml-1.1.10-199 gtk2-devel-2.4.7-0.gbv.1 glib2-devel-2.4.6-0.gbv.1 gtk2-2.4.7-0.gbv.1 glib2-2.4.6-0.gbv.1 gtk2-themes-0.1-636 gtk2-engines-2.2.0-400
'red-carpet' will no longer launch for me either, so I don't know if the two are related.
My vote is on gtk and glib. What is 'gbv' and where did you get them? I've seen breakage with packages called gbv before.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On Sunday 05 September 2004 23:13, Anders Johansson wrote:
My vote is on gtk and glib. What is 'gbv' and where did you get them? I've seen breakage with packages called gbv before.
'gbv' is me :). I update some rpms trying to preserve all of possible from SuSE ones. And yes, sometimes there are breakages and most of the cases are not because of my RPMS. Other cases is my fault, of course :(. Nobody is perfect, SuSE Oficial packages sometimes also breaks many things. Anyway they are optional. Use them if you want the latest versions. At your own risk. Ah, the packages are available here: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-gbv/rpms Guillermo - -- Guillermo Ballester Valor gbv@oxixares.com Ogijares, Granada SPAIN Linux user #117181. See http://counter.li.org/ Public GPG KEY http://www.oxixares.com/~gbv/pubgpg.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBO4qpOA2UfsyErNQRAmmDAKCOe4A9//m4Dn5xrR4fMjzDCOdZNgCglcQs 9kLDdBNw7vVXUh4MUkl8ekA= =8/Ex -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sunday 05 September 2004 23:52, Guillermo Ballester Valor wrote:
Hello,
On Sunday 05 September 2004 23:13, Anders Johansson wrote:
My vote is on gtk and glib. What is 'gbv' and where did you get them? I've seen breakage with packages called gbv before.
'gbv' is me :). I update some rpms trying to preserve all of possible from SuSE ones. And yes, sometimes there are breakages and most of the cases are not because of my RPMS. Other cases is my fault, of course :(. Nobody is perfect, SuSE Oficial packages sometimes also breaks many things.
Anyway they are optional. Use them if you want the latest versions. At your own risk.
Naturally everyone makes mistakes, I didn't mean it as criticism of you, it's just that I've seen people with 'gbv' versions of gtk have problems before, and it seems to be the same version of gtk they have installed, so I pointed to that as a likely suspect. The main problem seems to be that your gtk2 isn't compatible with python-gtk, at least not the version distributed by suse. I'm not sure if you've applied any patches, but suse's version works, both in 9.1 and in the supplementary packages, and the 2.4.9 I compiled myself works too. Perhaps something you could look at?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On Monday 06 September 2004 00:08, Anders Johansson wrote:
The main problem seems to be that your gtk2 isn't compatible with python-gtk, at least not the version distributed by suse. I'm not sure if you've applied any patches, but suse's version works, both in 9.1 and in the supplementary packages, and the 2.4.9 I compiled myself works too. Perhaps something you could look at?
Thanks by the sugestion. I'll look at it. Regards, Guillermo. - -- Guillermo Ballester Valor gbv@oxixares.com Ogijares, Granada SPAIN Linux user #117181. See http://counter.li.org/ Public GPG KEY http://www.oxixares.com/~gbv/pubgpg.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBO5WxOA2UfsyErNQRAhOiAJ0cOPlI2iPiTNWB3WpnYschXqxn1gCgpZQ4 RSgZwUoq9PKEQHOLCpf2Wak= =Yf8Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:39:39 +0200
Guillermo Ballester Valor
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Hello,
On Monday 06 September 2004 00:08, Anders Johansson wrote:
The main problem seems to be that your gtk2 isn't compatible with python-gtk, at least not the version distributed by suse. I'm not sure if you've applied any patches, but suse's version works, both in 9.1 and in the supplementary packages, and the 2.4.9 I compiled myself works too. Perhaps something you could look at?
Thanks by the sugestion. I'll look at it.
Regards,
Guillermo.
Just as a follow-up, the guys at Novell mentioned that my red-carpet issue was due to the python-gtk bindings as well. I look forward to the update and keep up the good work on the packages. -- Cheers, Trey Finagle's First Law: If an experiment works, something has gone wrong. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 7:15pm up 1 day 20:50, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.06, 0.06
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:13:56 +0200
Anders Johansson
My vote is on gtk and glib. What is 'gbv' and where did you get them? I've seen breakage with packages called gbv before.
I've got suser-gbv in my /etc/apt/sources.list. Supplies latest gnome packages. -- Cheers, Trey In Pocataligo, Georgia, it is a violation for a woman over 200 pounds and attired in shorts to pilot or ride in an airplane. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 6:28pm up 1 day 20:03, 3 users, load average: 0.51, 0.22, 0.11
Okey, this is nothing to do with gtkhtml, I'm pretty sure of that...
trey@salamander:~> gnucash gtkhtml-ERROR **: gconf error: Failed to contact configuration server (a likely cause of this is that you have an existing configuration server (gconfd) running, but it isn't reachable from here- if you're logged in from two machines at once, you may need to enable TCP networking for ORBit) I'm only logged in at this machine. Could it be that gnucash doesn't agree with my version of gtkhtml?
Do you have gconfd running? (Or gconfd-2) Oh, and don't check for gtk2/glib2 - GnuCash is GTK+ 1.2 based (packages: gtk/glib)
'red-carpet' will no longer launch for me either, so I don't know if the two are related.
Unlikely, but hey, the ten-foot pole hasn't been built that I'll touch Dread Carpet with... -- James Ogley, Webmaster, usr local bin & Planet SuSE james@rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk Updated GNOME packages for SUSE LINUX: www.usr-local-bin.org Latest SUSE News and Blogs: www.planetsuse.org
On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 22:34:37 +0100
James Ogley
Okey, this is nothing to do with gtkhtml, I'm pretty sure of that... <snip>
Do you have gconfd running?
(Or gconfd-2)
Appears to be: trey@salamander:~> ps aux |grep gconfd trey 12065 0.0 0.5 7328 2696 ? S Sep03 0:01 /opt/gnome/lib/GConf/2/gconfd-2 13 trey 21570 0.0 0.1 2584 720 pts/3 S+ 18:26 0:00 grep gconfd -- Cheers, Trey It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 6:26pm up 1 day 20:01, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.05, 0.05
On Sunday 05 Sep 2004 22:34, James Ogley wrote:
but hey, the ten-foot pole hasn't been built that I'll touch Dread Carpet with...
I suppose that I ought to have changed the subject, but then James may not have read it! James, this is a genuine question. I do not want to start an Apt/Red-carpet war, but I (and others, probably), would be interested in your reasons for being so against (D)Red-Carpet. I have just started evaluating it and and am open-minded about it at the moment. From my initial trials, Red-carpet seems faster than Synaptic in refreshing the lists, but I prefer the layout of Synaptic. Cheers Keith
I suppose that I ought to have changed the subject, but then James may not have read it!
I'll do the honours then ;)
James, this is a genuine question. I do not want to start an Apt/Red-carpet war, but I (and others, probably), would be interested in your reasons for being so against (D)Red-Carpet.
Well, I'll just mention I don't use Synaptic, apt from the command line is much quicker. Okay, my beef with RC is a once-burnt situation. I openly admit this is irrational, and RC has changed A LOT since this happened. This is going back maybe four years now, but I installed RC, and set it up to keep my system up to date, and it basically hosed it. Off the top of my head I forget what it did, but I ended up having to reinstall. Once burnt... -- James Ogley, Webmaster, usr local bin & Planet SuSE james@rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk Updated GNOME packages for SUSE LINUX: www.usr-local-bin.org Latest SUSE News and Blogs: www.planetsuse.org
On Monday 06 Sep 2004 9:24 am, James Ogley wrote:
I suppose that I ought to have changed the subject, but then James may not have read it!
I'll do the honours then ;)
James, this is a genuine question. I do not want to start an Apt/Red-carpet war, but I (and others, probably), would be interested in your reasons for being so against (D)Red-Carpet.
Well, I'll just mention I don't use Synaptic, apt from the command line is much quicker.
Okay, my beef with RC is a once-burnt situation. I openly admit this is irrational, and RC has changed A LOT since this happened. This is going back maybe four years now, but I installed RC, and set it up to keep my system up to date, and it basically hosed it. Off the top of my head I forget what it did, but I ended up having to reinstall.
Once burnt...
Thanks for the explanation, James. Keith
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 10:24, James Ogley wrote:
I suppose that I ought to have changed the subject, but then James may not have read it!
I'll do the honours then ;)
James, this is a genuine question. I do not want to start an Apt/Red-carpet war, but I (and others, probably), would be interested in your reasons for being so against (D)Red-Carpet.
Well, I'll just mention I don't use Synaptic, apt from the command line is much quicker.
Okay, my beef with RC is a once-burnt situation. I openly admit this is irrational, and RC has changed A LOT since this happened. This is going back maybe four years now, but I installed RC, and set it up to keep my system up to date, and it basically hosed it. Off the top of my head I forget what it did, but I ended up having to reinstall.
Just remember that this is years ago and might very well have been the packaging as well as red-carpet itself. I've hosed my debian installation using apt more than once. It's never been apt's fault but rather the packages I installed. But in your case it might as well have been red-carpet, I'm sure it had lot's of bugs back then :) I've used apt for like 8 years now and like it alot. But for the average user I'd recommend red-carpet. In fact, on my SuSE box I only have red-carpet. Works great. Regards, Erik
I do not want to start an Apt/Red-carpet war, but I (and others, probably), would be interested in your reasons for being so against (D)Red-Carpet.
My impression is that if a third party wants to set up a rpm depository, currently the "confidence factor" is greater for doing it for apt than for Red Carpet. If that impression is correct, I would expect the number of apt depositories to be greater than the number of Red Carpet channels. mikus
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