subject:"\[GNC\] Gnucash 4.8\: doesn't read or store config"

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread BrianHsu

Hi,

Sorry to bother everybody again. I'm pretty sure this is a
Gentoo-package specific bug instead of GnuCash now.
When I build and install GnuCash 4.8 from source code downloaded from
GitHub directly, everything works fine and this problem does not exist
anymore.

This bug only exists when I install GnuCash 4.8 through Gentoo's
official repository.

It should be a Gentoo package bug, not GnuCash's bug. I'll report it
to the package maintainer.

Thanks for your help.

David Carlson  於 2021年11月23日 週二 上午10:12寫道：
>
> Sorry,  from what I could easily see on my smartphone it appeared that
> Brian's problem was unrelated to the problem described in
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330 and that it shouldn't be
> hijacking that bug report.  Now I see a different bug report number, so
> maybe it's ok.
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 6:57 PM john  wrote:
>
> > David,
> >
> > He's using Gentoo eMerge. See
> > https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278 <
> > https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278> for a lot more detail.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> >
> > > On Nov 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Brian
> > > What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it
> > (flatpack msi ,
> > > build from source etc)?
> > >
> > > David Cousens
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
> > >> read or store my preferences, as described at:
> > >>
> > >> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
> > >>
> > >> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
> > >> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
> > >> issue.
> > >>
> > >> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
> > >> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
> > >> behavior:
> > >>
> > >> 1. Display a splash screen
> > >> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
> > >> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard
> > popped up.
> > >>
> > >> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
> > >> which is really strange.
> > >>
> > >> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
> > >> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
> > >> tips dialog anyway.
> > >>
> > >> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
> > >>
> > >> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
> > >> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
> > >> preference.
> > >>
> > >> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
> > >> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
> > >> issue.
> > >>
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread BrianHsu

Hi,

Yes, I'm using Gentoo and install it directly from official Gentoo repository.

I have tried reproduce this issue with a clean installed openSUSE
which also has GnuCash 4.8 in their official repository. But
everything is fine within OpenSUSE, preference could be correctly read
and write.

It must be a Gentoo-specific issue, I'll report it to Gentoo's package
maintainers first.

Thanks for all of your help.


john  於 2021年11月23日 週二 上午8:57寫道：

>
> David,
>
> He's using Gentoo eMerge. See 
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278 
>  for a lot more detail.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Nov 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Brian
> > What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it (flatpack 
> > msi ,
> > build from source etc)?
> >
> > David Cousens
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
> >> read or store my preferences, as described at:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
> >>
> >> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
> >> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
> >> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
> >> behavior:
> >>
> >> 1. Display a splash screen
> >> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
> >> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped 
> >> up.
> >>
> >> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
> >> which is really strange.
> >>
> >> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
> >> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
> >> tips dialog anyway.
> >>
> >> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
> >>
> >> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
> >> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
> >> preference.
> >>
> >> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
> >> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
> >> issue.
> >>
> >
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread David Carlson

Sorry,  from what I could easily see on my smartphone it appeared that
Brian's problem was unrelated to the problem described in
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330 and that it shouldn't be
hijacking that bug report.  Now I see a different bug report number, so
maybe it's ok.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 6:57 PM john  wrote:

> David,
>
> He's using Gentoo eMerge. See
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278 <
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278> for a lot more detail.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Nov 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Brian
> > What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it
> (flatpack msi ,
> > build from source etc)?
> >
> > David Cousens
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
> >> read or store my preferences, as described at:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
> >>
> >> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
> >> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
> >> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
> >> behavior:
> >>
> >> 1. Display a splash screen
> >> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
> >> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard
> popped up.
> >>
> >> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
> >> which is really strange.
> >>
> >> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
> >> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
> >> tips dialog anyway.
> >>
> >> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
> >>
> >> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
> >> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
> >> preference.
> >>
> >> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
> >> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
> >> issue.
> >>
> >
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread john

David,

He's using Gentoo eMerge. See https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278 
 for a lot more detail.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Brian 
> What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it (flatpack 
> msi ,
> build from source etc)?
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
>> read or store my preferences, as described at:
>> 
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
>> 
>> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
>> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
>> issue.
>> 
>> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
>> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
>> behavior:
>> 
>> 1. Display a splash screen
>> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
>> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped up.
>> 
>> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
>> which is really strange.
>> 
>> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
>> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
>> tips dialog anyway.
>> 
>> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
>> 
>> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
>> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
>> preference.
>> 
>> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
>> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
>> issue.
>> 
> 
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread davidcousens49

Brian 
What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it (flatpack msi ,
build from source etc)?

David Cousens


On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
> read or store my preferences, as described at:
> 
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
> 
> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
> issue.
> 
> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
> behavior:
> 
> 1. Display a splash screen
> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped up.
> 
> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
> which is really strange.
> 
> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
> tips dialog anyway.
> 
> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
> 
> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
> preference.
> 
> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
> issue.
> 

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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread David Carlson

Brian,

Whatever your problem is, it cannot be the same as in that bug report as it
was the result of a subtle mistake made by the OP.

I am on a smartphone and I can't figure out how to reread your post, so I
can't make any further suggestions about your problem.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 8:54 AM BrianHsu  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
> read or store my preferences, as described at:
>
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
>
> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
> issue.
>
> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
> behavior:
>
> 1. Display a splash screen
> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped
> up.
>
> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
> which is really strange.
>
> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
> tips dialog anyway.
>
> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
>
> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
> preference.
>
> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
> issue.
>
> --
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>
> 許洛豪（Brian Hsu）
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[GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-11-22 Thread BrianHsu

Hi,

I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
read or store my preferences, as described at:

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330

But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
issue.

And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
behavior:

1. Display a splash screen
2. Show a dialog that contains tips
3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped up.

None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
which is really strange.

Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
tips dialog anyway.

Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME

I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
preference.

I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
issue.

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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-10 Thread Thomas Boerner

Hey Klaus,
glad it's working for you now, too!
I've written that I got it working by modifying XDG_DATA_DIRS. That is true, 
but it cures only the symptom. The root cause was a forgotten schema from an 
old self-compiled version of gnucash below /usr/local/share. After deleting 
that it works with the original XDG_DATA_DIRS.
Perhaps you have had a similar situation that has been solved implicitly by 
removing and re-installing versions?
Best, Thomas

Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2021, 20:51:26 CEST schrieb Klaus Dahlke:
> Hi Geert,
> I was about to do some tests whether any of the below mentioned tweaks 
> (adapting XDG_DATA_DIRS, using .gconf/org/gnucash/Gnucash) would help, and if 
> not doing an fresh install after removal of gnucash-4.5 or going release by 
> release to gnucash-4.8 - but surprisingly, when I installed the freshly 
> compiled gnucash-4.8 over the existing gnucash 4.5, gnucash-4.8 starts 
> normal, and the configurations is the one as of gnucash-4.5: currency is EUR, 
> register colors are default, date format german ...
> 
> I did exactly the same procedure as last week except I was using gnucash-4.5 
> a bit since switching back to gnucash-4.5 after the non-successful upgrade. 
> 
> In essence: today it worked as it should be, I didn't have to do anything on 
> the location of the configuration files or change XDG_DATA_DIRS (is still at 
> $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS -> /usr/local/share:/usr/share)
> 
> I assume that error must have been somehow on my side. 
> 
> Best regards
> Klaus
> 
> 
> On Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:07:40 +0200
> Geert Janssens  wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > Thanks for the feedback. It also works fine on my Fedora 34 box. And at 
> > this 
> > point I don't see reason yet to believe the intermediate step via 4.7 is 
> > required. The bug hunt will hopefully give more details.
> > 
> > As for the /org/gnucash/GnuCash path, that's a virtual path, not a 
> > filesystem 
> > one. It's how preferences are organised hierarchically inside GSettings. 
> > Every 
> > application is supposed to generate the three-component "prefix" consisting 
> > of 
> > /org// and under that prefix all preferences for 
> > that particular application can then be structured. You will find this 
> > structure for example by opening dconf-editor on linux systems (provided 
> > gnucash is installed in the default prefix /usr or /usr/local; if not, 
> > you'll 
> > have to manipulate the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable to include  > prefix>/share in the search path).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Geert
> > 
> > Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 11:50:46 CEST schreef davidcousen...@gmail.com:
> > > Hi Geert,
> > > 
> > > For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As
> > > far as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on
> > > Linux Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and 
> > > then
> > > to 4.8 with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from
> > > scratch from the downloaded tarball. These still show up under
> > > .local/share/gnucash/ for the books reports etc and .config/gnucash for 
> > > the
> > > gtk style sheets.  The file modifications times and dates indicate changes
> > > (I deliberately changed a few setting exited and then restarted and then
> > > changed them back). I am presuming the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to
> > > these locations during installation as I cannot find any such directories
> > > on my computer.
> > > 
> > > David
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > 
> > > > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Geert
> > > > 
> > > > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8
> > > > > from
> > > > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that 
> > > > > we
> > > > > both skipped 4.7
> > > > > 
> > > > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash
> > > > > along
> > > > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take
> > > > > care
> > > > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021)
> > > > > persistently.
> > > > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the
> > > > > new
> > > > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add 
> > > > > this
> > > > > information there.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best
> > > > > Thomas
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at 
> > > > > kobaltwit.be
> > > >

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-09 Thread Klaus Dahlke

Hi Geert,
I was about to do some tests whether any of the below mentioned tweaks 
(adapting XDG_DATA_DIRS, using .gconf/org/gnucash/Gnucash) would help, and if 
not doing an fresh install after removal of gnucash-4.5 or going release by 
release to gnucash-4.8 - but surprisingly, when I installed the freshly 
compiled gnucash-4.8 over the existing gnucash 4.5, gnucash-4.8 starts normal, 
and the configurations is the one as of gnucash-4.5: currency is EUR, register 
colors are default, date format german ...

I did exactly the same procedure as last week except I was using gnucash-4.5 a 
bit since switching back to gnucash-4.5 after the non-successful upgrade. 

In essence: today it worked as it should be, I didn't have to do anything on 
the location of the configuration files or change XDG_DATA_DIRS (is still at $ 
echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS -> /usr/local/share:/usr/share)

I assume that error must have been somehow on my side. 

Best regards
Klaus


On Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:07:40 +0200
Geert Janssens  wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. It also works fine on my Fedora 34 box. And at this 
> point I don't see reason yet to believe the intermediate step via 4.7 is 
> required. The bug hunt will hopefully give more details.
> 
> As for the /org/gnucash/GnuCash path, that's a virtual path, not a filesystem 
> one. It's how preferences are organised hierarchically inside GSettings. 
> Every 
> application is supposed to generate the three-component "prefix" consisting 
> of 
> /org// and under that prefix all preferences for 
> that particular application can then be structured. You will find this 
> structure for example by opening dconf-editor on linux systems (provided 
> gnucash is installed in the default prefix /usr or /usr/local; if not, you'll 
> have to manipulate the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable to include  prefix>/share in the search path).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 11:50:46 CEST schreef davidcousen...@gmail.com:
> > Hi Geert,
> > 
> > For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As
> > far as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on
> > Linux Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and then
> > to 4.8 with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from
> > scratch from the downloaded tarball. These still show up under
> > .local/share/gnucash/ for the books reports etc and .config/gnucash for the
> > gtk style sheets.  The file modifications times and dates indicate changes
> > (I deliberately changed a few setting exited and then restarted and then
> > changed them back). I am presuming the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to
> > these locations during installation as I cannot find any such directories
> > on my computer.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > > 
> > > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Geert
> > > 
> > > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8
> > > > from
> > > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > > both skipped 4.7
> > > > 
> > > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash
> > > > along
> > > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take
> > > > care
> > > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021)
> > > > persistently.
> > > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the
> > > > new
> > > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > > 
> > > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > > information there.
> > > > 
> > > > Best
> > > > Thomas
> > > > 
> > > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > > 
> > > > > 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

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-08 Thread Thomas Boerner

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" 
> > An: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> > Cc: "Klaus Dahlke" 
> > 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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-08 Thread 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" 
> An: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Cc: "Klaus Dahlke" 
> 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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread Thomas Boerner

The bug no. is 798330 
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330

Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 11:17:03 CEST schrieb Thomas Boerner:
> Thanks Geert, done.
> Regards, Thomas
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 09:29:53 CEST schrieb Geert Janssens:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Geert
> > 
> > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from
> > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > both skipped 4.7
> > > 
> > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash 
> > > along
> > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care
> > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
> > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new
> > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > 
> > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > information there.
> > > 
> > > Best
> > > Thomas
> > > 
> > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > 
> > > > 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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread Thomas Boerner

Hi Geert,

can it be a file acces issue? According to the trace file Gnucash cannot access 
the new preferences path properly.

Regards, Thomas

Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 14:07:40 CEST schrieb Geert Janssens:
> Hi David,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. It also works fine on my Fedora 34 box. And at this 
> point I don't see reason yet to believe the intermediate step via 4.7 is 
> required. The bug hunt will hopefully give more details.
> 
> As for the /org/gnucash/GnuCash path, that's a virtual path, not a filesystem 
> one. It's how preferences are organised hierarchically inside GSettings. 
> Every 
> application is supposed to generate the three-component "prefix" consisting 
> of 
> /org// and under that prefix all preferences for 
> that particular application can then be structured. You will find this 
> structure for example by opening dconf-editor on linux systems (provided 
> gnucash is installed in the default prefix /usr or /usr/local; if not, you'll 
> have to manipulate the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable to include  prefix>/share in the search path).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 11:50:46 CEST schreef davidcousen...@gmail.com:
> > Hi Geert,
> > 
> > For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As
> > far as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on
> > Linux Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and then
> > to 4.8 with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from
> > scratch from the downloaded tarball. These still show up under
> > .local/share/gnucash/ for the books reports etc and .config/gnucash for the
> > gtk style sheets.  The file modifications times and dates indicate changes
> > (I deliberately changed a few setting exited and then restarted and then
> > changed them back). I am presuming the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to
> > these locations during installation as I cannot find any such directories
> > on my computer.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > > 
> > > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Geert
> > > 
> > > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8
> > > > from
> > > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > > both skipped 4.7
> > > > 
> > > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash
> > > > along
> > > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take
> > > > care
> > > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021)
> > > > persistently.
> > > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the
> > > > new
> > > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > > 
> > > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > > information there.
> > > > 
> > > > Best
> > > > Thomas
> > > > 
> > > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > > 
> > > > > 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.

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread Geert Janssens

Hi David,

Thanks for the feedback. It also works fine on my Fedora 34 box. And at this 
point I don't see reason yet to believe the intermediate step via 4.7 is 
required. The bug hunt will hopefully give more details.

As for the /org/gnucash/GnuCash path, that's a virtual path, not a filesystem 
one. It's how preferences are organised hierarchically inside GSettings. Every 
application is supposed to generate the three-component "prefix" consisting of 
/org// and under that prefix all preferences for 
that particular application can then be structured. You will find this 
structure for example by opening dconf-editor on linux systems (provided 
gnucash is installed in the default prefix /usr or /usr/local; if not, you'll 
have to manipulate the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable to include /share in the search path).

Regards,

Geert

Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 11:50:46 CEST schreef davidcousen...@gmail.com:
> Hi Geert,
> 
> For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As
> far as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on
> Linux Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and then
> to 4.8 with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from
> scratch from the downloaded tarball. These still show up under
> .local/share/gnucash/ for the books reports etc and .config/gnucash for the
> gtk style sheets.  The file modifications times and dates indicate changes
> (I deliberately changed a few setting exited and then restarted and then
> changed them back). I am presuming the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to
> these locations during installation as I cannot find any such directories
> on my computer.
> 
> David
> 
> On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Geert
> > 
> > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8
> > > from
> > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > both skipped 4.7
> > > 
> > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash
> > > along
> > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take
> > > care
> > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021)
> > > persistently.
> > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the
> > > new
> > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > 
> > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > information there.
> > > 
> > > Best
> > > Thomas
> > > 
> > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > 
> > > > 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
> > > > >

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread davidcousens49

Hi Geert,

For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As far
as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on Linux
Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and then to 4.8
with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from scratch from
the downloaded tarball. These still show up under .local/share/gnucash/ for the
books reports etc and .config/gnucash for the gtk style sheets.  The file
modifications times and dates indicate changes (I deliberately changed a few
setting exited and then restarted and then changed them back). I am presuming
the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to these locations during installation as I
cannot find any such directories on my computer.

David

On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from
> > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > both skipped 4.7
> > 
> > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash along
> > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care
> > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
> > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new
> > preferences path in this situation.
> > 
> > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > information there.
> > 
> > Best
> > Thomas
> > 
> > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > 
> > > 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
> > > > ___
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread Thomas Boerner

Thanks Geert, done.
Regards, Thomas

Am Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021, 09:29:53 CEST schrieb Geert Janssens:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from
> > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > both skipped 4.7
> > 
> > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash along
> > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care
> > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
> > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new
> > preferences path in this situation.
> > 
> > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > information there.
> > 
> > Best
> > Thomas
> > 
> > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > 
> > > 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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-07 Thread Geert Janssens

Hi Thomas,

Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.

Regards,

Geert

Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boer...@t-online.de:
> Hi,
> 
> I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from
> an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> both skipped 4.7
> 
> Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash along
> with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care
> of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
> So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new
> preferences path in this situation.
> 
> @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> information there.
> 
> Best
> Thomas
> 
> Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> 
> > 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
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[GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-06 Thread boer...@t-online.de

Hi,

I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8 from an 
OpenSuse Repo.
One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we both skipped 4.7

Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash along 
with the old /org/gnucash.
However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take care of this path. Neither changes in 
my settings are reflected there nor changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set 
time format to 24h) have any effect.
Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO (2021-10-06), while 
gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021) persistently.
So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the new 
preferences path in this situation.

@Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this 
information there.

Best
Thomas

Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> 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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-05 Thread Geert Janssens

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
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-04 Thread David H

Klaus,

This from the release notes may be relevant ?  On Windows after installing
4.7 I had a couple of windows flash up quickly, to quickly to read what
they said and then a new blank Gnucash file opened.  I had to use file open
to open my usual xml Gnucash file

The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.7, the eighth release in
the stable 4.x series
Compatibility Notice

In order to allow flatpak users to share preferences with installations
outside of the sandbox we need to change the preference path from
/org/gnucash to /org/gnucash/GnuCash. This release of GnuCash does that and
it will automatically migrate existing preferences. It does not, however,
continue to write preferences to the old path and it runs the migration
only once. If you go back and forth between GnuCash 4.7 and an older
versions you'll have two sets of preferences, one for GnuCash 4.7 and later
and another for GnuCash 4.6 and earlier. This includes the file history
list and last-opened file.

Cheers David H.

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 07:07, Klaus Dahlke  wrote:

> 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
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[GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

2021-10-04 Thread 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
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