ORBit/GConf problem

Pete Crite hypocrite at lawyer.com
Sun Oct 5 03:40:31 PDT 2008


Done.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the file wasn't even there" and I'm not  
sure what problem you are trying to solve.

Also, I'm not getting the second problem, and I have gnome-desktop  
2.24.0 built fine, so I don't think that they are related.

Cheers.

On 5/10/2008, at 1:32 AM, Joel Thibault (MacPorts) wrote:

>
> Pete, would you mind opening a ticket on this?
>
> https://trac.macports.org/newticket
>
> I was planning to, because I'm having the same problem you are, but I
> think you've captured the specifics of it better than I could.
>
> I didn't see the dbus launchd message you did, and oddly I found the
> file wasn't even there!  Reinstalling dbus created the file but
> running the launchd command didn't do anything to solve this.
>
> I'm also sufferering from ( https://trac.macports.org/ticket/16720 )
> and I wonder if the two are connected.
>
> Joel
>
>
> On 10/4/08, Pete Crite hypocrite-at-lawyer.com |MacPorts|
> <1a8xk8735e0t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> Well, I ran "sudo port upgrade outdated" and *did* keep a record of
>> all the instructions.
>>
>> I followed the instructions for d-bus which were:
>> # A startup item has been generated that will aid in
>> # starting dbus with launchd. It is disabled
>> # by default. Execute the following command to start it,
>> # and to cause it to launch at startup:
>> #
>> # sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
>> org.macports.dbus.plist
>>
>>
>> I also had issues with gtk2, gwenhywfar3, and aqbanking3 (although
>> either of the first two might be associated with non-gnucash
>> programs?). For all of these, I deactivated the port mentioned in the
>> error message, then installed the new port.
>>
>> For example, I got the error "Error: Activating aqbanking3 3.7.1_0
>> failed: Image error: /opt/local/bin/aqbanking-config is being used by
>> the active aqbanking port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use
>> the -f flag to force the activation." I then ran "sudo port  
>> deactivate
>> aqbanking" then "sudo port install aqbanking3."
>>
>> I don't think the ports are considered "installed" until you install
>> them fully. i.e. running "port outdated" will only say you are up to
>> date after you manually deactivate/install the ports. Hence, I think
>> the problem is unrelated to these installation "difficulties."
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/10/2008, at 6:44 PM, A. Osthoff wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Pete Crite schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I've just updated GnuCash from 2.2.5_0 to 2.2.7_1 on MacPorts
>>>> (PPC), and am having some problems. I enquired at the GnuCash IRC
>>>> channel, and was told that it was probably a ORBit/GConf problem,  
>>>> and
>>>> to enquire here. Also, after lurking on IRC for c. 24 hours, two
>>>> other
>>>> people came in with the same problem, so I think this might be  
>>>> quite
>>>> common? This update also included gconf from 2.22.0_0 to 2.24.0_0  
>>>> and
>>>> orbit2 from 2.14.12_0 to 2.14.16_0.
>>>
>>> Well, I was one of the two probably. Yes, I encountered the same
>>> problem, but IMHO it is a problem with the configuration with d-bus.
>>> When I tried to upgrade gnucash with _sudo port upgrade gnucash_ I  
>>> ran
>>> into a host of problems. During the upgrade process of d-bus there  
>>> was
>>> mentioned the need to configure d-bus properly with launchd(?)  
>>> because
>>> of a conflict with X11. However, I did encounter other installation
>>> problems first with aqbanking primarily, so that I forgot to look  
>>> into
>>> that or to save the instructions in a notepad for that matter.
>>> Now, I got the same problem as you described ... ;(
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>      achim
>>>
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