Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-03-09 Thread Jack Slater
Thanks John! On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 9:25 AM john wrote: > No, that's a re-bundling of GnuCash 5.5 for Windows with a rebuilt > WebKitGtk so that it doesn't crash when you try to run a business or chart > report. There are no changes to GnuCash itself. > > The fix for the left-over splits from

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-03-09 Thread john
No, that's a re-bundling of GnuCash 5.5 for Windows with a rebuilt WebKitGtk so that it doesn't crash when you try to run a business or chart report. There are no changes to GnuCash itself. The fix for the left-over splits from editing an auto-completed transaction will be in GnuCash 5.6.

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-03-08 Thread Jack Slater
Oh ok. Happy to. I guess I was expecting a 5.51 or something to differentiate the releases. On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 4:09 PM David H wrote: > Jack, > > John Ralls released an updated version of 5.5 on 21 Feb - > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-February/110886.html > - I

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-03-08 Thread David H
Jack, John Ralls released an updated version of 5.5 on 21 Feb - https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-February/110886.html - I assume if you re-download the Windows version at Gncash.org you will pick it up ? Cheers David H. On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 04:57, Jack Slater wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-03-08 Thread Jack Slater
Revisiting the bug log (after another rogue transaction and crash today) and I see John's notes about fixing but I'm guessing it's not in 5.5? That's what I'm running and all I see on the web site. On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:12 AM Patrick James wrote: > Save, Exit, and Reload will clear the

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-02-08 Thread Patrick James
Save, Exit, and Reload will clear the rouge transactions. > On 02/08/2024 8:54 AM PST Jack Slater wrote: > > > Anything coming soon to fix this? > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM Patrick James mailto:patrickjame...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > This is bug 799093, and John Ralls has not

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-02-08 Thread john
Probably not because I've been working for the last several weeks on getting WebKit buildable on Windows so we can have Windows releases with working reports. Regards, John Ralls > On Feb 8, 2024, at 08:54, Jack Slater wrote: > > Anything coming soon to fix this? > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-02-08 Thread Jack Slater
Anything coming soon to fix this? On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM Patrick James wrote: > This is bug 799093, and John Ralls has not asked additional questions > after I was able to reliably reproduce (part of) the issue, so, hopefully, > there is sufficient information to find the bug. > >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-25 Thread Patrick James
This is bug 799093, and John Ralls has not asked additional questions after I was able to reliably reproduce (part of) the issue, so, hopefully, there is sufficient information to find the bug. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 > On 01/25/2024 10:02 AM PST Jack Slater wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-13 Thread John Layman via gnucash-user
@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Maddening It sounds like you are entering new transactions while part way through performing a reconciliation process. I suspect that could confuse the reconciliation. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024, 11:22 AM Jack Slater wrote: > Windows 11 > > Was on

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Liz
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:53:58 -0600 Jack Slater wrote: > I am and have been doing for years. First time ever GnC burped up > "rogue" transactions. I also edit transactions in the middle of reconciliation. My repetitive saving started when I couldn't get stuff to balance and started doing

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread David Cousens
David I add correcting/missing transactions all the time while doing a reconciliation without any problem. They then just appear in the panels of the reconciliation display once the transaction has been entered. Havn't done it in 5.5 yet though. WIll be doing so in the next few days so will

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
I own a few, but I generally don't use timers. What should I expect at 90 minutes, and at what point do I start the timer? > On 01/12/2024 12:29 PM PST David Carlson wrote: > > > ...except when something happens after 90 minutes of that sort of activity > that creates a huge mess. > >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread David Carlson
...except when something happens after 90 minutes of that sort of activity that creates a huge mess. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:11 PM Jack Slater wrote: > I'd certainly agree. > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM Patrick James > > wrote: > > > My personal experience is that this "phantom

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
I'd certainly agree. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM Patrick James wrote: > My personal experience is that this "phantom transaction" problem began in > 5.X. > > Using 4.X, I experienced no problems changing/adding/deleting transactions > during a reconciliation. > > > > On 01/12/2024 9:44 AM

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
Jack, This "log file" discussion seemed to get moved to a stack type of log. There is another log with GNUCash, which is somewhat unique in that programmers usually need the stack log (all programming). The GNUCash data log file is explained in 2.5.2.

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Patrick James
My personal experience is that this "phantom transaction" problem began in 5.X. Using 4.X, I experienced no problems changing/adding/deleting transactions during a reconciliation. > On 01/12/2024 9:44 AM PST David Carlson wrote: > > > It sounds like you are entering new transactions while

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
I am and have been doing for years. First time ever GnC burped up "rogue" transactions. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:44 AM David Carlson wrote: > It sounds like you are entering new transactions while part way through > performing a reconciliation process. > > I suspect that could confuse the

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread David Carlson
It sounds like you are entering new transactions while part way through performing a reconciliation process. I suspect that could confuse the reconciliation. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024, 11:22 AM Jack Slater wrote: > Windows 11 > > Was on 5.4 when problems started. Updated to 5.5 and finally

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
Windows 11 Was on 5.4 when problems started. Updated to 5.5 and finally slugged my through doing exactly what you suggested - saving page and then transaction at a time. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 5:08 AM Liz wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:11:13 -0600 > Jack Slater wrote: > > > 90 minutes of

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
No split. I'll give an exact example: I entered: 12/3/2023VisaWalmart +-Expense:Household..(blank).$100 Switched back to reconcile window and saw the original (above) and also: 12/3/2023VisaWalmart +-Expense:Household-(blank)- $68

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
Bingo! Thats me in a nutshell! On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:53 PM john wrote: > Adrien, > > Have a look at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Jan 11, 2024, at 19:22, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > In 10+ years of

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
Seems doubtful I'm sure but I know for a fact I didn't enter these. More than once, I made 1 single entry, switched back to the reconcile and saw 2 entries, sometimes with a different amount. On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > In 10+

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Jack Slater
Thank you Jim! On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 5:48 PM Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > Jack: > > On 2024-01-11 09:11, Jack Slater wrote: > > 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the > > final account > My commiserations. Yes, it is maddening to lose 90 minutes of work when >

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-12 Thread Liz
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:11:13 -0600 Jack Slater wrote: > 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of > the final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, > it seems none of any add/delete/balance transactions were saved in > any account! Why would that

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread David Carlson
A comment about possible mechanisms that can appear to cause data loss: Stuff that is saved in the GCM files is only updated when the program is completely closed. Saved reports, import configurations, register column widths and several other items fall in that category. Those items are not

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, see that bug report John linked. Something is amiss. Where, remains to be found. Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 9:57 PM, David Cousens wrote: Jack, What do you mean by a rogue transaction? Is this by any chance a transaction which has one split to an IMbalance" account? If this is the

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Wow. Interesting. Thanks for the link. Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 9:53 PM, john wrote: Have a look at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread David Cousens
Jack, What do you mean by a rogue transaction? Is this by any chance a transaction which has one split to an IMbalance" account? If this is the case then it may be that you are not assigning the transfer account befor committing the transaction with the return key. If no account has been

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread john
Adrien, Have a look at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 11, 2024, at 19:22, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > In 10+ years of GnuCash, I've never once seen a transaction appear that I > didn't put there myself. > > - > Someone else reported an

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In 10+ years of GnuCash, I've never once seen a transaction appear that I didn't put there myself. - Someone else reported an error with an XML lib not long ago. It might be the same one. If I recall correctly, this would have been after the 5.5 release. As far as I remember, it generated

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Unrelated to the topic, but this is at least the second recent time I see someone's reply eating random space characters between words. That is very odd, and of course, makes the reply difficult to read. (and that is very important when offering commands!) I can make heads and tails of it, but

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread david amaral via gnucash-user
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Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Jack: On 2024-01-11 09:11, Jack Slater wrote: 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the final account My commiserations. Yes, it is maddening to lose 90 minutes of work when the tech decides to fail you. ... Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically,

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jack Slater
My last post wrote how I had in fact done a hard save after each entry down to the point where I had to delete the "rogue" system generated transaction and it crashed again. So reboot again. Start GnC. Reconcile the last account I was doing. Scanned for the "rogue" transaction and it was in fact

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Mark at Lorimark
Going out on a limb... These folks have a free virus scanner; https://www.eset.com/us/home/online-scanner/ Based on how you described the symptom, I'd start to be a little curious about that copy of Windows. ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com On 1/11/24 15:29, Joseph Keithley wrote: I

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Joseph Keithley
I have had similar issues. My only "solution" was to hit the "Save" button after any action or entry. Gnucash can then crash as it always does and I will only have lost at most one transaction. I have the autosave feature enabled for every 5 minutes. The constant crashing seems to be related

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Mark at Lorimark
You can post an image as an attachment to your email, it will be available to the group here. ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com On 1/11/24 13:00, Jack Slater wrote: Is there a way I post the image? ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/11/2024 12:11 PM, Jack Slater wrote: 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, it seems none of any add/delete/balance transactions were saved in any account! Why would that be Horses and

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jack Slater
; *From:* gnucash-user outlook@gnucash.org> on behalf of Jack Slater > *Sent:* Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:41 PM > *To:* Dale Alspach > *Cc:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Maddening > > Sorry Dale but I'd no idea how or what to look for or do

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Glenn Fowler
Perhaps there is info in the stack trace: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace From: gnucash-user on behalf of Jack Slater Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:41 PM To: Dale Alspach Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Maddening

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jack Slater
Sorry Dale but I'd no idea how or what to look for or do. On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM Dale Alspach wrote: > You may find some of this in the log files and be able to "replay the > changes to transactions". > > Dale > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:22 AM Jack Slater > wrote: > >> 90 minutes

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jack Slater
I wasn't "importing" anything, just reconciling the same accounts I've been doing the same way every month for years. After reopening the file I noticed "new" entries that I never made and when I tried to delete them it crashed again. So I rebooted the PC, opened my backup file (external drive)

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Dale Alspach
You may find some of this in the log files and be able to "replay the changes to transactions". Dale On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:22 AM Jack Slater wrote: > 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the > final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically,

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread David Carlson
Sounds like you were trying to import too much data in one shot. On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:20 AM Jack Slater wrote: > 90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the > final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, it seems > none of any

[GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Jack Slater
90 minutes of reconciling down the drain with a crash near the end of the final account. Oddly, even though GnuC auto saves periodically, it seems none of any add/delete/balance transactions were saved in any account! Why would that be ___