David, Bruce The type Spreadsheet is the same independent of whether the data file is stored in sqlite3 or xml format on Linux. I can't test the other database formats at this point.
David Cousens On Sun, 2022-05-01 at 06:42 +1000, David H wrote: > 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. _______________________________________________ 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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