Bruce, To me the screenshot of your file name "AL.gnucash" with a type of "Spreadsheet" implied that you were just using the standard default GnuCash xml backup - is this not the case ?
Cheers David H, On Sun, 1 May 2022 at 04:54, Bruce Irving <birving...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Derek. > That is another thing I will check Monday > Bruce > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > >> Most likely you're using the SQL backend, and it sounds like you might not >> have the right SQL Drivers installed on Debian. If you're using SQLite, >> then make sure you have the dbi dbd sqlite driver installed. >> >> -derek >> >> On Sat, April 30, 2022 8:56 am, Bruce Irving wrote: >> > David H.: Thank you. I'll try that when I get back to the office >> Monday. >> > I had tried a Reinstall from Synaptic but that didn't help. I've tried >> > several times to compiling but always hit some snag that my inexperience >> > couldn't overcome. While flatpaks have improved, it still has still a >> few >> > annoying idiosyncrasies. If this doesn't work, I'll probably return to >> > flatpak. >> > >> > David Cousins: The first time, I did navigate to the data file and >> double >> > clicked it as was my usual method of opening it. When that didn't >> work, I >> > stated gnucash and used file/open. Both ways gave the same error. >> > >> > I do appreciate your suggestions. >> > >> > Bruce >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Bruce, >> >> >> >> Did you have a previous Debian install of gnucash - maybe try >> >> uninstalling and re-installing the debian version - perhaps following >> >> the >> >> uninstall instructions at >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Uninstall_Gnucash_Linux ... You could >> >> also >> >> see if restarting solves anything. >> >> >> >> Why would you go back from probably the latest version available in >> >> Flatpak >> >> (4.10) to a version that's almost 18 months old (4.4) and 6 major >> >> releases >> >> ago with a lot of bug fixes and enhancements in between ? Personally I >> >> would have stuck with the Flatpak version which obviously worked. If >> >> the >> >> Flatpak sandboxing is causing an issue for you perhaps you should >> >> consider >> >> compiling it yourself ? >> >> >> >> Cheers David H. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 04:52, Bruce Irving <idlegio...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > I have been using Flatpak for GNC when I discovered that a version is >> >> in >> >> > the Debian which I installed. and removed the flatpak files. when I >> >> went >> >> > to open my data file either by double clicking the data files or Open >> >> from >> >> > GNC: No suitable backend was found for ... (See attached) >> >> > This is Version: 4.4 >> >> > Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28) >> >> > >> >> > The file did open in latest flatpak >> >> > >> >> > Bruce >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > 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. >> > >> >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >> de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com >> Computer and Internet Security Consultant >> >> _______________________________________________ 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.