Re: [GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread Stan Brown
Or has it already been fixed after all? Jack didn't say which version he's using, I think, so maybe he has a version before the fix was applied. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com On 2020-11-04 18:38, Stan Brown wrote: > Didn't we have a long

Re: [GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread Stan Brown
Didn't we have a long discussion a couple of months back about improving this message? I may be remembering wrong, but I thought the improvements were going to be in the next version. This seems to be the single most common query about GnuCash. Surely, after living with it at least since version

Re: [GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread David Cousens
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Re: [GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread Jack Slater
I always save the file. Then go to File/Quit to shutdown and never turn the PC off. So what does "Either that or you have a filesystem/storage problem where it can't actually create the lock file. " mean? On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 2:28 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > HI, > > On Wed, November 4, 2020

Re: [GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread Derek Atkins
HI, On Wed, November 4, 2020 3:02 pm, Jack Slater wrote: > I used to get this a bit a few years ago. It has reappeared. I just > continue to save the file anyway but I get nervous about file integrity, > etc. every time I see it. So what's going on and how do I stop it? Make sure you exit

[GNC] Cannot Obtain Lock error?

2020-11-04 Thread Jack Slater
I used to get this a bit a few years ago. It has reappeared. I just continue to save the file anyway but I get nervous about file integrity, etc. every time I see it. So what's going on and how do I stop it? Jack ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] can't open gnu cash mac iOS 14

2020-11-04 Thread ph hermes
thank you. yes. mac. 14. i'll go check preferences. thank you so much. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: writer ~:~ photographer ~:~ book designer resident manager paulahendricks.com On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM David H wrote: > Sorry your message is somewhat confusing - ios is for iPad

Re: [GNC] Would anyone else like a hacky way to do partial and catch-up reconciliation?

2020-11-04 Thread David Carlson
I think it is worth putting a procedure to reconcile 'backwards' on the Gnucash WIKI. Users who want to fill in old history in some accounts would benefit. I think your method would also be useful any time a historical transaction has been accidentally unreconciled, perhaps even when reconciling

[GNC] Annoying Register Issue

2020-11-04 Thread Les
Hi All: I recently upgraded to GC 4.2 via Flathub (on Linux Mint 19.2. It seems that if you enter an incorrect entry and attempt to backspace or delete an entry in the register, it will not allow this action.  I am able to highlight the entry and then type over it. This is not a big deal