Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Carlson
Sorry, David, it is difficult to see who wrote what in the Gmail app. Mark should look at his trace files to see if they have any useful information. David Carlson On Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 12:19 AM David Cousens wrote: > Hi David, > > That wasn't Mark. I was trying to duplicate what he had done

Re: [GNC] migration, aka gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61

2019-08-01 Thread David Carlson
Clint, I use a home made spreadsheet to track lots if I really need to for tax purposes, but here in the US brokers are supposed to do that for us, and we just need to be confident that they are doing it correctly. Also, they are supposed to use an average cost method unless we told them to use

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61

2019-08-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Migrating investment transactions is particularly challenging because of the issue of capital gains and cost basis. I gave up trying, and instead rely on the broker-derived assessment of gain because of it. With individual stocks, GnuCash's lot features work pretty well, though.  On Fri,

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
Hi David, That wasn't Mark. I was trying to duplicate what he had done first on my Linux Box and then on a Windows10 box. I didn't close the first before opening the second and didn't reopen the register after changing the register preferences in the first case. David Cousens On Fri, 2019-08-02

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Carlson
Since Mark had the same file open simultaneously on two machines, the first machine probably lost its work when the second machine closed the file. If one or both are still crashing, he should try to find the trace file as descibed in the gnucash wiki and paste it or part of it into a new

Re: [GNC] Migration

2019-08-01 Thread Mike Commissaris
> > > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 11:09:27 -0700 > From: Clint Chaplin > To: Mike Commissaris > Cc: Gnucash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61 > Message-ID: > tuwx_oihoz_j1pa6bcy+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > How did you

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
Updated to 3.6 on the Windows 10 box and with the same preference setting the behavior is as expected and the same as for 3.5 and no crashing. Now we need to find out what Mark is doing that we are not. David - David Cousens -- Sent from:

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
John, Can confirm after reopening the register after changing back to basic ledger and double line it now works as expected when you enter the transfer account and the amount of the first line on the Linux box. (File is now only open on one computer at a time). I am not however getting the

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I just switched from my usual Transaction Journal to Basic. (I always have Double Line mode on) I was able to enter a date, NUM, and description, then I clicked in the amount box (skipping over the ’transfer’ field) and entered an amount. I then hit the split *button* and assigned the second

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
Hi John, I did have both the Autosplit ledger and the Double Line options selected however the sequence of operations for creating a transaction is much the same with the Basic Ledger selected along with Double-line mode. You still can't enter an amount before you open the line for the first

[GNC] Multiple Open Lots in AP dated 12-31-1969 with no data

2019-08-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was checking lots on my AP account to make sure a split payment had recorded correctly and I discovered a large amount of open lots all dated 12-31-69. (presumably due to Epoch) They are empty with no other data associated with them, save two of them have bills numbers associated. But

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread John Ralls
David, I think you're confusing View>Double Line with View>Basic/Autosplit/Transaction Journal. View>Double Line just enables the second transaction line to display the Notes field. It also shows the contents of the Split Action field from the "anchor" split for the open account. Regards,

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
DRIPS certainly won't make life easy for this sort of exercise. David - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61

2019-08-01 Thread Clint Chaplin
In this case, DRIPs are not your friend On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:53 PM David Cousens wrote: > Clint, > > You canhandle existing investments in the same manner you handle an > existing > bank account which has a balance when you start. You will have a credit > entry to Equity:Opening

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 196, Issue 61

2019-08-01 Thread David Cousens
Clint, You canhandle existing investments in the same manner you handle an existing bank account which has a balance when you start. You will have a credit entry to Equity:Opening Balances to match the debit entry to the account in which you are maintaining the record of your investment (which

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 1, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, August 1, 2019 3:59 pm, Mark Hedges via gnucash-user wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:44 PM Mark Hedges >> wrote: >>> >>> I'm in double-line view on a checking ledger. >>> >>> I enter the date, description, and

Re: [GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread Mark Hedges via gnucash-user
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:44 PM Mark Hedges wrote: > > I'm in double-line view on a checking ledger. > > I enter the date, description, and amount. Then I click split. > > I enter the amount for one of the split items, and click to choose an account. > > GnuCash completely stops and closes with

Re: [GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Bob Sisk
That worked! I renamed the data file and "saved as", then closed on my desktop. I then opened the same file from Dropbox on my laptop and accessed ok from both computers with no problems now. (closed file on computer before opening on other of course). Thanks so much for your help! On 8/1/19

[GNC] crashing trying to do a simple split

2019-08-01 Thread Mark Hedges via gnucash-user
I'm in double-line view on a checking ledger. I enter the date, description, and amount. Then I click split. I enter the amount for one of the split items, and click to choose an account. GnuCash completely stops and closes with no information. This is reproducable. I upgraded from 3.5 to

Re: [GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, GnuCash will re-open the last file you used. So that's not a problem. But yes, it sounds like this started as a backup file. So long as you haven't noticed any data loss, then you can go from there. I would recommend that you File -> Save As and then change the name to the base name

Re: [GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Bob Sisk
Thanks Derek - how do I designate Dropbox to be my main data file? Is it stored somewhere by default within Gnucash? When I got my new laptop I clicked into a data file in my home directory (it may have been a backup?). When I clicked it Gnucash opened and I have been using that - I

Re: [GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, First, please make sure you CC gnucash-user on all replies. Second, you ARE using a backup file. The fact that your file name is FileName.gnucash.MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash means you are using a backup file. If you're using DROPBOX... *THAT* could be the problem. It could be that there is a

Re: [GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, On Thu, August 1, 2019 2:25 pm, Bob Sisk wrote: > GnuCash could not obtain the lock for > file:///home/bob/Dropbox/gnucash_data/GreenGrillsData.gnucash.20180825170527.gnucash.20190706140712.gnucash. First, why are you opening a backup file? Specifically, this is a backup of a backup! So at

[GNC] locked data base

2019-08-01 Thread Bob Sisk
GnuCash could not obtain the lock for file:///home/bob/Dropbox/gnucash_data/GreenGrillsData.gnucash.20180825170527.gnucash.20190706140712.gnucash. I get the above message when trying to open Gnucash. I click "open anyway" and it seems normal. What is causing this and what should I do? I am

Re: [GNC] Migration

2019-08-01 Thread Clint Chaplin
Thanks! MYM, unfortunately, does not rigidly enforce the double entry aspects of financial recording. As a for instance, 401(k) contributions from my paycheck would not automatically transfer to the account; I've had to manually adjust the cash balance of the investment to record the

Re: [GNC] Postgresql backend setup

2019-08-01 Thread Derek Atkins
Steve Riley via gnucash-user writes: > I am using Manjaro Linux as an operating system. > > I installed gnucash 3.5-1 using either pacman or Octopi (did it a while ago) > > I used the default build, it may have been a binary. > > I will investigate the possibility that the the build did not

Re: [GNC] Postgresql backend setup

2019-08-01 Thread Colin Law
Which version of GC are you using and on what operating system. How did you install gnucash? It is possible the build you used does not include Postgresql. Colin On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 13:46, Steve Riley via gnucash-user wrote: > > Greetings, > > Trying to set up a brand new set of accounts to

Re: [GNC] Migration

2019-08-01 Thread David Carlson
Hi, Welcome to GnuCash! I found the user group called "MYM users" on Facebook and the forum on https://www.starkeysoftware.com/MYM/. I recall that MYM was very nice when I used it, and I think it was rather rigidly double-entry, so it should import into GnuCash rather easily if it can make good