No doubt the crash left a crash report in Console, please open a bug (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla#Commenting_on_existing_bugs_or_entering_new_ones) and attach it.
Try open Gnucash.app --args --debug And check the trace file again. You might also try creating a new user and trying to start GnuCash as that user just in case there's something about your user configuration that's triggering the problem. Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 22, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > John, > > "open Gnucash.app" via command-line gives the same error code 1 in > system.log, nothing else happens. > > I had to hunt for a gnucash.trace file by walking the root directory with > find. Finally found something in > /System/Volumes/data/private/var/folders/(other stuff)/gnucash.trace. I > zeroed out the tile via "cat /dev/null > gnucash.trace" then started clicking > and trying to open the app via command-line. Not a single byte went to this > file. Just the errcode 1 to system.log. > > Then I tried via the commond-line, running the executable: > > cd /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS > ./Gnucash --debug --extra --logto /tmp/gnucash.trace > > The application opened up, wanted me to create a new account, I clicked thru > the "next" buttons to do so, and then it crashed. I realize this may be a > different problem than the "fail to open" issue, but the latter problem > refuses to cough up a tracefile anyplace. See attached. > > Thanks, > Jeff Earickson > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:02 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > --- Jeff Earickson > <gnucash.trace> _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
