Hey Klaus, In my case it was enough to set the environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS to its correct value. See also https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
Cheers, Thomas Am Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021, 10:14:31 CEST schrieb Geert Janssens: > Hi Klaus, the delay is no problem. However please remember to keep the > conversation on-list... > > Before I redirect you to a bug, a few questions: did you build in an empty > build directory and install in an empty install directory ? There may be > interference from an older install. > Or, do you have another version of gnucash installed (perhaps installed via > pacman) ? > > Regards, > > Geert > > Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 22:00:28 CEST schreef Klaus Dahlke: > > > > Hi Geert, > > sorry for teh delay, was busy the lst two dayss. Anyhw, I read that a bug is > > filed by now and I am happy to give a helping hand here in root cause > > analyses. > > Best regards > > Klaus > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. Oktober 2021 um 12:21 Uhr > > Von: "Geert Janssens" <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > > An: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > Cc: "Klaus Dahlke" <kdah...@gmx.de> > > Betreff: Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config > > Hi, > > > > This likely means for some reason the preference migration hasn't run. > > > > I'd like to figure out why if you're willing to work with me on debugging > > this. If so, please file a bug so we can track our research there. > > > > Regards, > > > > Geert > > > > Op maandag 4 oktober 2021 23:06:13 CEST schreef Klaus Dahlke: > > > Hi, > > > I run gnucash 4.5 on ArchLinux and compile gnucash from the sources. > > > Yesterday I wanted to upgrade/install gnucash 4.8 by: > > > > > > cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/klaus -G Ninja .. > > > ninja > > > ninja install > > > > > > All went smoothly, but when starting gnucash, the warning/error came up: > > > no > > > book found (or similar), i.e., gnucash starts but no accounts, register > > > etc > > > are there. I then went to File -> Open' and opened the postgres database. > > > The data were read, but not displayed as expected: currency was USD, date > > > format was US, no register color etc. I changed some of Preferences as > > > setting the register color scheme to gnucash default, currency to Er, date > > > format etc. But after exiting and restarting gnucash, none of the > > > preference settings where save. The warning message and teh look and feel > > > was exactly the same as right after compile. > > > > > > I then switched back to gnucash 4.5 by compiling it from the sources by > > > the > > > above method and all works fine again. > > > > > > Did I miss something in the installation procedure or is it worth filing a > > > bug? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Klaus > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.