David, You are right. I now know it was not related to switching from .bz2 to .gz formats.
I tried the same procedure on my laptop GC (also 4.6), using the .gz for 4.9 initially, and had the same "fresh-start" behavior and GC not saving my preferences or working file. Once I reverted to 4.6 and then installed 4.9 again, it works. Geert, By installing "over" my previous 4.6, I mean I go through the build procedure using the same /home/<user>/.local installation location. Both versions were built from the source files. My initial 4.6 build was using ninja. This 4.9 - 4.6 revert - 4.9 again process was with make. Would using ninja previously and then changing to make be the cause? All of my versions have been the self-built GC. I was not switching from flatpak. I did not have any other versions remaining other than the 4.6 I had been using. I have never ran 'uninstall' before installing a newer version, but I will try to remember to do that next time. That must have been my problem. My understanding is that I should keep the source and build folders for next time. Can I move these folders from their parent (the Downloads folder) to a more convenient place and have the uninstall work correctly? The schemas folder contents is now as follows, with a working 4.9: total 484K -rw-rw-r-- 1 66K Dec 20 19:22 gschemas.compiled -rw-r--r-- 1 105K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.deprecated.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 12K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 6.9K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.checkprinting.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 777 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.commodities.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.export.csv.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 571 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.flicker.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 15K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 872 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.csv.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 6.5K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.generic.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.3K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.hbci.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 464 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.ofx.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 2.5K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.qif.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 2.0K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.reconcile.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.1K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.sxs.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.totd.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 465 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.general.finance-quote.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 30K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 2.8K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.history.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 14K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.warnings.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.window.pages.account.tree.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 674 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.window.pages.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 11K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 6.9K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.checkprinting.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 761 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.commodities.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.export.csv.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 555 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.flicker.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 15K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 856 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.csv.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 6.4K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.generic.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.3K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.hbci.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 448 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.ofx.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 2.5K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.qif.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 1.9K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.reconcile.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.sxs.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.totd.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 449 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.general.finance-quote.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 29K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 2.8K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.history.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 13K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.warnings.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.window.pages.account.tree.gschema.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 658 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml Thanks David and Geert! Tim > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:25:03 +1000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] ?Re: 4.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 not saving preferences > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Tim, > > Good to see its fixed although I don't really understand why. I downloaded > and > built from the .bz2 file without any problems and I extract it using the > Archive > Manager which AFAIK is the Ubuntu manager. It may have to do with what zip > tools > you are using, I have both installed and presumably the Archiv Manager > picks > which one to use based on the file extension. > > David > > On Mon, 2021-12-20 at 20:16 -0500, Tim Kallmer wrote: > > Solved: I reverted to 4.6 by downloading the .gz for 4.6. It built and > ran > > fine. I realized 4.9 was extracted from downloading the .bz2. So I tried > > 4.9 again by downloading the .gz for 4.9. And voila, it built and ran > fine. > > I have my preferences and colors back. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 225, Issue 52 > ********************************************* > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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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