I have had a bit more time to play with this. I have set up an Ubuntu 20.04LTS VM, installed flatpak and installed the current gnucash flatpak from flathub.org.
I then first tested to see if I could use that to open an existing test book as follows (on the command line): flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/janssege/testfile.gnucash That worked fine. So next I created a desktop file /home/janssege/Desktop/Dad.desktop with this contents: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=false Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/janssege/testfile.gnucash Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK Dad Comment=Manage home and small business accounts Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/ share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico Note that at this point the icon on my desktop still shows a generic gear icon and double-clicking it won't do anything. That only changes **after** I use RightClick->Allow Launching. Jeffrey, you never explicitly confirmed you have effectively right-clicked the destktop file and selected "Allow launching". I only find you mention "execute permissions are correctly set". So I did the test and made a second desktop file in which I only corrected the execute permissions but don't use the "Allow Launching" option. This second desktop icon will still not run gnucash on double-click, nor will it change icon. It remains the generic gear icon. So to me that suggests having execute permissions is not sufficient on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. You do need to use the menu item "Allow Launching". Anyway, with that out of the way double-clicking the icon on the desktop will run gnucash and it will open my testfile. So for the final test I mounted a USB drive named 'MAC DRIVE' with my test file on it and changed the desktop file's exec line to Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /media/janssege/'MAC DRIVE'/ testfile.gnucash (all in a single line) That launches gnucash without any issues, opening testfile.gnucash from my USB stick. At no point did it create log files on the desktop, nor did I ever have to use flatpak override to give flatpak permissions to read/write the USB drive. So we're probably chasing the wrong tails here. Jeffrey, at this point my most important suggestion would be to use the "Allow Launching" menu option. If that doesn't work still, I think it's best you send us a link a few screenshots (for example on ImgUr, Google drive, Nextcloud,...) showing the icon on your desktop, the contents of the desktop file, the error messages that appear and so on. We may be assuming things that get lost in words but show up on images. Regards, Geert Op zaterdag 2 april 2022 07:24:52 CEST schreef Jeff: > Step 1 and 2 work. The rest does not work. I still get the no suitable > backend error. It has to be a compatibility issue with Flatpak and my > computer. > > > Ha! Best of luck with the keyboard! Check into (Ubuntu) Settings > > > Universal Access > Typing > Screen Keyboard. > > > > This will pop-up an on-screen keyboard when a typing field has focus. > > That's not the best workaround, but it will help a bit. > > > > ----- > > > > As for GnuCash, what about the USB access info from the Wiki? > > > > If you've never gotten the flatpak to work right, I'd suspect that is > > the issue. > > > > So try this in order from a terminal: > > > > 1. sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash > > --filesystem=$PATH_TO_USB_DRIVE > > > > (that is all one line) > > > > 2. flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /media/jeffrey/'Mac > > Drive'/Ledgers/Dad/Dad.gnucash > > > > (again all one line) > > > > If that works, close GnuCash and try clicking your desktop shortcut > > again. You should be good to go. > > > > If that doesn't work, try moving a copy of the file to your Home > > folder, then trying from a terminal: > > > > flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/jeffrey/Dad.gnucash > > > > If that doesn't work either, something else is wrong. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 3/31/22 1:46 AM, Jeff wrote: > >> Pardn any unreadable wrds, my cockatu decided my keybard was a ty, > >> and I have yet t find all f the pieces nd mae them all work at th > >> riht time. I am ging after a new kybrad tda Adrein. prir t mving t > >> flatPak installs I never had a prblem with upgrades r installs. > >> Desktp icns dn't seem t be an issue with anything except Flatpak. > >> > >> I'll cmplain but the failure t be able t build frm surce later. But I > >> am begging t suspect the 2 issues are related n my netwrk. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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