[GNC] Keep running into "Could not get lock file for postgres..."

2024-04-05 Thread Bryan B.
For some reason, GnuCash has started having some issue when I'm opening it where it will say "Could not obtain lock file for postgres://postgres@localhost/gnucash_personal" Then it gives a few options to use the file anyway, such as to use it in read-only mode, etc. I found a temporary work

[GNC] IRA conversion

2024-04-05 Thread Fred Tydeman
Suggestions on how to record moving cash and stock from a regular IRA to a Roth IRA so that a taxable event is recorded? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
Try googling Checksoft. it appears that they are still in business. On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 10:40 PM David Carlson wrote: > I was still using release 2.something the last time I printed a check, so > I don't know if release 5.whatever can still do it or how to correctly > position the MICR

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
I was still using release 2.something the last time I printed a check, so I don't know if release 5.whatever can still do it or how to correctly position the MICR line. On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 10:02 PM Andrea wrote: > Actually, it’s not academic. There are still many workers in the US that >

[GNC] Security not showing up in Price Database

2024-04-05 Thread David Warren
Hi. I am a reasonably new (last 6 months) user of gnucash. I am using version 5.3 on Windows 10. I am not getting online quotes but I own various *private *securities, for which I manually enter prices, either in the register as I make capital calls or receive distributions, or in the Price

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Back in the day, I worked at Xerox. We had special MICR toner that worked with some of our printers. Once I changed banks and they printed a stater set of personalized checks complete with the MICR Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2024, at 2:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > 20 or so years ago

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread John Ralls
20 or so years ago I had a small company and used check-printing software to make the checks. I used generic pre-printed forms and the software included the MICR font and printed the routing id and account number in the appropriate place at the bottom. Back then the bank sent the completed

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-05 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 4/5/24 8:50 AM, David G. Pickett wrote: The quotes were fetched despite these usual errors, so it is only a cosmetic error. > 2024-04-03 23:45:06 Removed any lck, adding price quotes > flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes get -- >

Re: [GNC] Finance Quotes Yahoo off the rails again?

2024-04-05 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
The quotes were fetched despite these usual errors, so it is only a cosmetic error. On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 09:27:11 PM EDT, Bruce Schuck wrote: On 4/4/24 4:02 PM, David G. Pickett wrote: > Ran OK for me last night, 28 seconds, but running too often seems to > create errors:

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread R Losey
While things may have changed, many years ago when I worked in the bank, the info at the bottom of the check was printed with a special ink (I think they called it a magnetic ink) so that the routing and account numbers could be scanned by a computer. The rest of the check is regular printing.

Re: [GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread David Carlson
Years ago (before electronic payments and deposits) I recall that it was possible to program GnuCash to print the MITRE line, as it used to be called, but you needed to use special magnetic ink so that check readers could read them reliably. I imagine that it is still possible, but hardly

Re: [GNC] QIF import "Unspecified" transaction

2024-04-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/5/2024 6:43 AM, Joseph Keithley wrote: When importing a QIF in the "Match payees/memos to GnuCash accounts" window, an "Unspecified" transaction will be listed under "GnuCash account name". When you double click on the item, a window pops up that lets you scroll through the different

[GNC] QIF import "Unspecified" transaction

2024-04-05 Thread Joseph Keithley
When importing a QIF in the "Match payees/memos to GnuCash accounts" window, an "Unspecified" transaction will be listed under "GnuCash account name". When you double click on the item, a window pops up that lets you scroll through the different "accounts" and assign the item to a specific one.

[GNC] check printing

2024-04-05 Thread Andrea Bryant
I was wondering if you need to use a pre-printed check or can you use blank check stock and have the routing and account numbers printed out by GnuCash. -- */Andrea Bryant/* ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your