And I presume no crash report since it seems to be exiting with an error code rather than crashing.
Is there anything in the trace file (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile)? Does it open if you do open Gnucash.app from the command line? Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 21, 2020, at 5:18 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John, > > My System Preferences is (and was) as you recommend, and has been for a > while. I've seen this behavior with programs before, including Gnucash, > where it flops on the first launch but works thereafter. So, I tried this > "jiggle the handle" approach here. No go in this case. > > Gnucash 3.906 launches flawlessly via command-lien, but coughs up the err > code 1 in system.log via clicking every time. No love from it in this > corner. :( > > Jeff Earickson > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 7:57 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > On Jun 21, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Releases 3.905-1 and previous 3.9x releases > > > > OS: MacOS 10.15.5 (Catalina) MacBook Pro and Mac Mini hardwares > > > > System log says (/var/log/system.log): > > > > *Jun 21 17:15:55 rongovia com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] > > (com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000001.Gnucash[602]): Service exited > > with abnormal code: 1* > > > > > > (could not find other references to Gnucash in any other syslogs) > > > > The problem: When you click on the application icon to launch Gnucash, you > > get the "verifying Gnucash" scrollbar, then -- nothing. Checking the > > syslogs, you see the message above. This is true when the program is > > installed in /Applications, or clicked on directly from the mounted volume > > from the dmg. > > > > However, the program will start up correctly if you open a terminal window > > and launch it via command-line, ie > > > > cd /Applications/GnucashGnucash.app/Contents/MacOS > > ./Gnucash > > > > I get: > > > > *rongovia:MacOS jaearick$ ./Gnucash* > > > > *Application Path > > /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/./Gnucash* > > > > > > *(process:878): gnc.gui-**WARNING** **: **17:30:10.516**: > > [mac_set_languages()] Language list: en:en_US:C* > > > > > > and the splash screen and everything else appears normally. > > > > > > I googled about this topic, and it has appeared in the past, but I did not > > find an actual fix to the problem. > > > > > > FYI, before this turns into a real 4.0 release. > > This is pretty common, the verification blocks the launch. It generally > starts right up on the second and subsequent launch attempts, as it did for > me just now. Do make sure that you have "App Store and identified developers" > checked in System Preferences>Security & Privacy>General under Allow apps > downloaded from:. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > -- > --- Jeff Earickson _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
