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From: John A. Sullivan III on 15 Mar 2010 14:50 On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 19:11 +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > John A. Sullivan III skrev: > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > > an account. > > > This sounds similar to the description > > > ------------------ > Package: gnucash > Version: 2.2.6-2 > Severity: important > > When I open GnuCash and try to open an account, GnuCash has a > segmentation fault. This occurs irregardless of the account and > whether I open it by double-clicking on it or by selecting it and > pressing the Open button. > ----------------- > > > > at <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520055> which I > found by googling for <gnucash "error 6 in > libgncmod-register-gnome.so">. Perhaps there is some information there > that can help. <snip> Thanks. I had read some of the various bug reports that intimate the problem is libglib2. Downgrading to an earlier version is not an option as it breaks both OpenOffice and IceWeasel. I inferred from the bugs that newer versions of GnuCash should work but apt-get -t testing install gnucash as well as unstable, squeeze, and sid, all report that I have the latest gnucash. I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks again - John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268678524.5897.24.camel(a)Family.pacifera.com
From: Stephen Powell on 15 Mar 2010 15:10 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:42:04 -0400 (EDT), John A. Sullivan III wrote: > I had read some of the various bug reports that intimate the > problem is libglib2. Downgrading to an earlier version is not an option > as it breaks both OpenOffice and IceWeasel. I inferred from the bugs > that newer versions of GnuCash should work but > > apt-get -t testing install gnucash > > as well as unstable, squeeze, and sid, all report that I have the latest > gnucash. I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks again - John If you're running the stable version of gnucash, that is version 2.2.6-2. testing and unstable both have version 2.2.9-4. There is nothing in experimental or lenny-backports. One option would be to download the source for version 2.2.9-4 and build your own package from source on your stable system. Another alternative would be to install the testing version of gnucash. Another alternative would be to install the whole testing release. I can't guarantee that any of the alternatives will fix the problem, of course. :-| -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/393704010.19288571268679747278.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Andrew Sackville-West on 15 Mar 2010 15:10 On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 02:06:28PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 10:39 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34:09PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > > > an account. Since these are our production financials, you can imagine > > > this is quite a problem! > > > > > > The end of the gnucash trace file in debug mode shows: > > > > Can you please provide output generated by the crash when launching > > gnucash from a terminal. > Alas, there is nothing particularly helpful: > jasiii(a)jasiii:~$ gnucash --debug > gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at configure time. > > Found Finance::Quote version 1.13 > Segmentation fault hmmm... okay, a couple of options. 1) run gnucash from the command line: gnucash --nofile which will open an empty gnucash instance. If that doesn't crash, then try opening your file from the file menu at that point. I suspect this won't work though, that it will crash. 2) install version 2.2.9 from squeeze. this may be problematic as it may bring in lots of gnome stuff you may not want. I haven't hacked on gnucash in a while, so I can't say what the state of 2.2.6 was, but I know there were a couple of problem releases for a bit there. It may be one of them. 3) get on #gnucash on irc.gnome.org and ask there. The channel can be pretty slow, so you'll have to lurk around for a while. Those guys can probably figure it out, but be prepared to defend your reasons for not moving up to 2.2.9, the current release. 4) build gnucash from source. This isn't as hard as you might think. do apt-get build-dep gnucash and start there. you'll probably want to use the --enable-opt-style-install to put it in a different path to keep from mixing up with dpkg. A
From: Richard Hector on 15 Mar 2010 15:30 On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:34 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > an account. Since these are our production financials, you can imagine > this is quite a problem! I can't help with the gnucash problem, but if you don't have a spare computer, you could run ubuntu in virtualbox or similar to access your accounts in the meantime ... Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268680961.12506.2.camel(a)diamond.lan.walnut.gen.nz
From: John A. Sullivan III on 15 Mar 2010 18:10
On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 08:22 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:34 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > > an account. Since these are our production financials, you can imagine > > this is quite a problem! > > I can't help with the gnucash problem, but if you don't have a spare > computer, you could run ubuntu in virtualbox or similar to access your > accounts in the meantime ... > > Richard > > > Thanks very much for the suggestion. Alas, this is an image which will go out to hundreds of virtual desktops so we need something that will be manageable, sustainable, and as standard as possible - John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268690724.5897.26.camel(a)Family.pacifera.com |