Will,

Thank you very much for your detail instruction. I will update my Gnucash to 3, 
and then to 4, and then to 4.9 as you instructed before I replace my computer.
The printing of certain account ledge page works fine while follow your 
instruction. Thanks again.
Now I have another problem. when I use split transaction, for example, I paid 
from my checking account of $300.00 to a credit card company for two 
transaction charged in the credit card. one is grocery of $50.00 another one is 
a chair for $250.00, so I did the split transaction of grocery and furniture 
account. after I recorded the split transaction, the furniture account shows 
250.00 but did not show it is for a chair. Did I do something wrong? why on the 
split transaction it shows a chair but not on the furniture account ledge? 

Heide 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:09:09 -0500
> From: "Derek Atkins" <[email protected]>
> To: "Mahon Finbar" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Gnucash Users" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Lodging a cheque to an a/c - 'cash in wallet'??
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, January 17, 2022 10:51 am, Mahon Finbar wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> My wife got a cheque (or check if you insist) and lodged it in her bank
>> account.
>> 
>> I want to enter it as a deposit to her a/c. It only seems to accept
>> Assets:Current Assets:Cash in Wallet as a transfer entry without
>> entering two transactions - deposit and withdrawal....
>> 
>> Since the amount will be credited to the a/c "cash in wallet" somehow
>> doesn't seem right?
>> 
>> Is there a 'proper' way to enter a cheque lodgement?
> 
> Just like any other deposit....   You debit your checking/bank account for
> the amount of the check, and then credit the amount from wherever the
> funds are coming from, like Income:Salary, Income:Gifts Received, etc.
> 
> Why did she get a check?  What was it paying for?  That will help you
> decide where the credit the funds.
> 
>> Finbar
> 
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> 
> -derek
> 
> -- 
>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:19:29 -0500
> From: "R. Victor Klassen" <[email protected]>
> To: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
> Cc: Mahon Finbar <[email protected]>, Gnucash Users
>       <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Lodging a cheque to an a/c - 'cash in wallet'??
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> I generally use a two step process.  
> 
> First the cheque goes into ?undeposited cheques?.   And the appropriate 
> income account is credited.  Then when I make a deposit I may be depositing 
> cash and multiply cheques in a single transaction with the bank account as 
> destination.  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2022, at 12:10 PM, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Hi,
>> 
>>> On Mon, January 17, 2022 10:51 am, Mahon Finbar wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> My wife got a cheque (or check if you insist) and lodged it in her bank
>>> account.
>>> 
>>> I want to enter it as a deposit to her a/c. It only seems to accept
>>> Assets:Current Assets:Cash in Wallet as a transfer entry without
>>> entering two transactions - deposit and withdrawal....
>>> 
>>> Since the amount will be credited to the a/c "cash in wallet" somehow
>>> doesn't seem right?
>>> 
>>> Is there a 'proper' way to enter a cheque lodgement?
>> 
>> Just like any other deposit....   You debit your checking/bank account for
>> the amount of the check, and then credit the amount from wherever the
>> funds are coming from, like Income:Salary, Income:Gifts Received, etc.
>> 
>> Why did she get a check?  What was it paying for?  That will help you
>> decide where the credit the funds.
>> 
>>> Finbar
>> 
>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>> 
>> -derek
>> 
>> -- 
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>>      [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>      Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:10:31 -0800
> From: Heide Wang <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [GNC] couple questions
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;     charset=utf-8
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic 
> financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is 
> old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9 
> years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to 
> upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the 
> newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer 
> version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I 
> wouldn?t loss my old data.
> 
> My second question is there anyway to print the detail page of certain 
> account ? For example, when I open my bank account page, it shows the list 
> date of deposit or withdraw, description, amount and balance line by line,  
> Can I print it for my paper record? 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Heide
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:01:55 -0600
> From: William Prescott <[email protected]>
> To: GnuCash Users <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] couple questions
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;     charset=utf-8
> 
> Heide,
> 
> My suggestion is: Do NOT update Gnucash and change computers at the same 
> time. Update Gnucash now, so that when you transfer stuff to your new 
> computer you will not be making any changes to Gnucash at that time.
> 
> When you update Gnucash, do it one version at a time, i.e. first update to 
> 3.0-1, then to 4.0, then to 4.9. At each step make a backup of the Gnucash 
> data file before updating and check that things look okay after updating. On 
> a Mac operating system, I have had no problem keeping the old versions around 
> while I try out newer ones. I have a Gnucash folder in Applications. It 
> contains subfolders for Gnucash 2.6.1-1, 3.0-1, 3.10, 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.4, 4.2, 
> 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.8-2, 4.9.The Gnucash.app is in each of the 
> subfolders and I can just double click on any one of them to run it.
> 
> I don't think you need to go through all of the versions updating one by one, 
> but certainly go through each of the major version, 3 and 4. Do not try to 
> got straight from 2 to 4.
> 
> The datafile format changes from major version to major version. So don't go 
> backwards. Backup your current datafile, open Gnucash 3.x, make sure it is 
> okay, save changes, make a new backup, open Gnucash 4.x, make sure it is 
> okay, save changes, etc. Keep track of which backup corresponds with a 
> working copy and which version it worked with. 
> 
> You shouldn't have any trouble. As you can see I have gone through a lot of 
> versions and never had any issues.
> 
> Regarding your second question:
> Create a transaction report from the Reports menu
> Click on Options at the top of the Transaction report window
> Click on Accounts within the options dialog
> Select the account you want
> Click Apply
> Click on General 
> Select the time period you want
> Click Apply
> Click on Display
> Select the Running Balances check box if you want those.
> Click Apply
> Click OK when you have all the options set
> Then select Print Report from the File menu
> The Print dialog box is not very Mac-like but it works fine
> Select Print to File
> Then click on the filename
> That will open another dialog box that will let you choose where to put it.
> If you click print without clicking on the filename, it will save it, but you 
> might have trouble finding it.
> 
> Good luck,
> Will
> 
> 
> On 2022 Jan 17, at 01-17 12:10:31, Heide Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic 
> financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is 
> old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9 
> years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to 
> upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the 
> newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer 
> version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I 
> wouldn?t loss my old data.
> 
> My second question is there anyway to print the detail page of certain 
> account ? For example, when I open my bank account page, it shows the list 
> date of deposit or withdraw, description, amount and balance line by line,  
> Can I print it for my paper record? 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Heide
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:05:38 -0600
> From: William Prescott <[email protected]>
> To: GnuCash Users <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] couple questions
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;     charset=utf-8
> 
> PS
> 
> The print instructions I gave will print to a file. That file can be opened 
> with Preview and printed normally. You may be able to send it directly to a 
> printer after setting the options. I don't have a printer so I didn't think 
> about that. I just take things to a copy shop a block away when I want to 
> print which is rare. That way I don't have to mess with printers and 
> cartridges for the dozen times a year when I want a hard copy.
> 
> On 2022 Jan 17, at 01-17 13:01:55, William Prescott <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Heide,
> 
> My suggestion is: Do NOT update Gnucash and change computers at the same 
> time. Update Gnucash now, so that when you transfer stuff to your new 
> computer you will not be making any changes to Gnucash at that time.
> 
> When you update Gnucash, do it one version at a time, i.e. first update to 
> 3.0-1, then to 4.0, then to 4.9. At each step make a backup of the Gnucash 
> data file before updating and check that things look okay after updating. On 
> a Mac operating system, I have had no problem keeping the old versions around 
> while I try out newer ones. I have a Gnucash folder in Applications. It 
> contains subfolders for Gnucash 2.6.1-1, 3.0-1, 3.10, 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.4, 4.2, 
> 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.8-2, 4.9.The Gnucash.app is in each of the 
> subfolders and I can just double click on any one of them to run it.
> 
> I don't think you need to go through all of the versions updating one by one, 
> but certainly go through each of the major version, 3 and 4. Do not try to 
> got straight from 2 to 4.
> 
> The datafile format changes from major version to major version. So don't go 
> backwards. Backup your current datafile, open Gnucash 3.x, make sure it is 
> okay, save changes, make a new backup, open Gnucash 4.x, make sure it is 
> okay, save changes, etc. Keep track of which backup corresponds with a 
> working copy and which version it worked with. 
> 
> You shouldn't have any trouble. As you can see I have gone through a lot of 
> versions and never had any issues.
> 
> Regarding your second question:
> Create a transaction report from the Reports menu
> Click on Options at the top of the Transaction report window
> Click on Accounts within the options dialog
> Select the account you want
> Click Apply
> Click on General 
> Select the time period you want
> Click Apply
> Click on Display
> Select the Running Balances check box if you want those.
> Click Apply
> Click OK when you have all the options set
> Then select Print Report from the File menu
> The Print dialog box is not very Mac-like but it works fine
> Select Print to File
> Then click on the filename
> That will open another dialog box that will let you choose where to put it.
> If you click print without clicking on the filename, it will save it, but you 
> might have trouble finding it.
> 
> Good luck,
> Will
> 
> 
> On 2022 Jan 17, at 01-17 12:10:31, Heide Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic 
> financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is 
> old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9 
> years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to 
> upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the 
> newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer 
> version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I 
> wouldn?t loss my old data.
> 
> My second question is there anyway to print the detail page of certain 
> account ? For example, when I open my bank account page, it shows the list 
> date of deposit or withdraw, description, amount and balance line by line,  
> Can I print it for my paper record? 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Heide
> 
> 
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:05:06 -0600
> From: Les <[email protected]>
> To: GnuCash Users <[email protected]>
> Subject: [GNC] Gnucash via Flatpak-Issues-Solutions
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
> I have been using GC for many years and a few years back I started using 
> Flatpak for installations and updates.? I am on Linux Mint 19.3 and GC 4.9.
> 
> For the last year or so, I have had some annoying issues: unable to 
> correct entries, unable to backspace within an account, and the latest, 
> I cannot open an account by double-clicking.? Instead I have to click 
> open account.
> 
> My question is: if I completely uninstall GC via Flatpak and then 
> re-install via Flatpak, will I accomplish anything? (The hope of course, 
> is to eliminate the annoying issues.)
> 
> Regards and thanks in advance,
> 
> Les
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:22:29 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Lodging a cheque to an a/c - 'cash in wallet'??
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> FinBar,
> 
> It depends what the cheque your wife received was for. If it was a 
> reimbursement
> of money she had previously paid out then it gets deducetedfrom the associated
> expense account as it will have reduced the value of the expense to you.
> 
> If it was payment for services rendered then it is income
> 
> Asset:Bank   Dr xxx
> Income       Cr xxx
> 
> Exactly how you treat it will depend upon how you treated the original
> expenditure and what information it is you need to understand your finances. 
> If you knew in advance what the reimbursement was going to be
> you could have set up an Asset account for Reimbursements and when you 
> recorded
> the orignal expenditure you would have had a transaction of the form
> 
> Asset:Bank          Cr  xxx
> Asset:Reimbursible  Dr  yyy
> Expense             Dr  zzz
> 
> where xxx=yyy+zzz. When you receive the cheque/check you would then record it 
> as
> 
> Asset Bank          Dr  yyy
> Asset:Reimbursable  Cr  yyy.
> 
> 
> This would be the best procedure where you receive reimbursements regulerly 
> for
> example. For a one off then the following will work equally as well.
> 
> If you had not expected a reimbursement you would record the original expense 
> in
> full
> Asset: Bank   Cr   xxx
> Expense       Dr   xxx
> 
> and you would record the receipt of the cheque it as a credit to the expense
> account ( or to a contra account named reimbursements to the expense account).
> This is just a sub account of the expense account totalling into it to which 
> you
> record any reimbursements.
> 
> Asset:Bank   Dr  yyy
> Expense      Cr  yyy
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 16:51 +0100, Mahon Finbar wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> My wife got a cheque (or check if you insist) and lodged it in her bank 
>> account.
>> 
>> I want to enter it as a deposit to her a/c. It only seems to accept 
>> Assets:Current Assets:Cash in Wallet as a transfer entry without 
>> entering two transactions - deposit and withdrawal....
>> 
>> Since the amount will be credited to the a/c "cash in wallet" somehow 
>> doesn't seem right?
>> 
>> Is there a 'proper' way to enter a cheque lodgement?
>> 
>> Finbar
>> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:43:48 -0500
> From: Michael or Penny Novack <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Lodging a cheque to an a/c - 'cash in wallet'??
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> On 1/17/2022 12:19 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote:
>> I generally use a two step process.
>> 
>> First the cheque goes into ?undeposited cheques?.   And the appropriate 
>> income account is credited.  Then when I make a deposit I may be depositing 
>> cash and multiply cheques in a single transaction with the bank account as 
>> destination.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> That's the technically proper way, especially if deposits not made right 
> away. It's what I did for several of my organizations as their bank not 
> necessarily my bank so a special trip. The money is "yours" when* you 
> got the check, not when you bothered to deposit it. But ALSO .......
> 
> It makes the deposit of several checks easier. They were entered 
> individually to "undeposited" so if a split involved, fairly simple. If 
> you wait till creating the deposit transaction, that could be a very 
> complex split.
> 
> Michael D Novack
> 
> * For legal purposes, when whoever sent the check made "constructive 
> delivery" to you. For example, the time of the post mark (the envelope 
> is your legal property even though you haven't received it yet)
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:52:17 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [GNC] couple questions
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> Heide
> 
> As William Precott suggested you will have to upgrade in steps, first to V 3
> then 4. There are sometimes changes in format of the data file, configuration
> and user preference files at those major version boundaries. The next version
> usually includes a run once procedure which will rearrange the files as
> necessary.  
> 
> Pay attention to make sure any saved or custom reports you have created and 
> use
> are transferred when you upgrade at the major version boundaries and are
> available within GnuCash.
> 
> I also concur with the strategy of grading GnuCash before upgrading the
> computer. You will be dealing with any difficulties on a system you are more
> familiar with.
> 
> Around the times the major version changes occurred you will also find posts 
> in
> the user mailing list archives dealing with any difficulties which occurred. 
> The
> Wiki has the following recommendation for upgrading between major versions.
> 
> "Backwards compatibility issues
> Gnucash maintains the ability to read older data files between major releases,
> as long as major releases are not skipped.[16] If a user wishes to access
> historical data saved in old GnuCash files, they must install intermediate
> versions of GnuCash. For example, upgrading from 2.2 to 4.1 may not be 
> possible;
> the user should upgrade from 2.2.9 to 2.4.15, then to 2.6.21, then 3.11, then
> 4.1. The other alternative is for users to export transactions files to a CSV
> format[17] prior to upgrading GnuCash. Exporting of the account tree must be
> done as a separate step."
> 
> The recommendation to go to 3.1 and 4.1 rather than 3.0 and 4.0 is because the
> first minor release usually includes any major bugs (particularly show 
> stoppers)
> encountered in the initial release of the major version, which will sort out
> many issues which you would find looking back through the mail archives. The 
> run
> once procedure is included in the minor versions.
> 
> If you have any problems come back to the mailing list.
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 10:10 -0800, Heide Wang wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have couple questions. I started using Gnucash in 2015 to keep basic
>> financial record of a trust account. I am using Gnucash 2.6.18 (I know it is
>> old version), and my mac operation system is 10.14.6. My computer is about 9
>> years old. Although everything is working fine now, but I know I need to
>> upgrade my computer soon. When I up grade my computer, I will download the
>> newest version of Gnucash. How can I transfer all the data to the newer
>> version of Gnucash?? I would like to get a step by step instruction so I
>> wouldn?t loss my old data.
>> 
>> My second question is there anyway to print the detail page of certain 
>> account
>> ? For example, when I open my bank account page, it shows the list date of
>> deposit or withdraw, description, amount and balance line by line,  Can I
>> print it for my paper record? 
>> 
>> Thanks for the help.
>> 
>> Heide
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:16:07 -0500
> From: Morris Beavers <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [GNC] I don't understand this IRA distribution solution
> Message-ID:
>       <CABEaXKQSD4AF8kiLT=+7lf9h08p2uz1nemjz8an03prbwwt...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> I am an ex-quicken user, with no formal accounting training (only
> gnucash manuals).
> 
> I hope to track money between my banking accounts, identify who is
> receiving payments, and budget (income >= expense).
> 
> I started by using the wizard for common + investment accounts.
> 
> I didn?t see a problem until my investments generated an IRA distribution
> with money to federal, state, and checking. I didn?t want to record the
> federal, state deductions as an actual cash expense so I created an
> ?Investment Expense? root expense account to track the payments.
> 
> Now a new year has started and I?m trying to reuse my account tree but I
> can not identify why the budget income is not reporting the sum of the
> income sub-accounts.
> 
> Thinking my IRA distribution solution was the root of the problem I found
> in gnucash-user ?Accounting Treatment of Taxable IRA Distributions? thread.
> There is a statement of a solution which I do not understand, ?How did you
> open your books? I bet your opening transaction had the balancing amount of
> that IRA lumped into equity. But you should instead had it as a "deferred
> income" under equity (a child). The equity total still correct, but now it
> becomes easy for you to "undefer" that income as you take a distribution.
> Understand? The distribution has TWO effects. One is to reduce the IRA
> balance as it increases money in your checking account. The second is to
> "undefer" that amount of income, reduce "deferred" and increase current
> income (your regular income account).?
> 
> Would someone please explain this solution as accounts and transactions?
> 
> Thanks, very much,
> Morris
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:12:31 -0500
> From: Steve Conley <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [GNC] How to get debug to work (saying "uncle")
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> 
> I have been trying for 5 days now to chunk Quicken and start using gnucash.
> ANY CLUES will be sincerely appreciated.
> 
> The immediate problem I am trying to solve:
> Quicken export to qif of accounts/categories "seems" to complete - but
> nothing visible in gnucash.
> Quicken export to qif of tranactions seems to work also.  (large).
> 
> *But gnucash import of even a limited qif data to 2001, gets to the final
> import stage and gnucash dies with no error.  Sometime in late QIF import -
> before matching step.*
> 
> Naturally I try to get a debug log but the ONLY way I was able to make
> anything happen was
> 
> (I pulled the startup command from the .desktop entry):
> /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gnucash
> --file-forwarding org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug
> (and added --debug)
> 
> This does not put a trace/debug file anywhere I can find. Definitely not in
> /tmp.
> 
> I next tried specifying the logto option with /tmp/gnucash.trace or
> ~/gnucash.trace
> The trace goes neither place.
> 
> Running this:
> /usr/bin/flatpak run --command=gnucash --file-forwarding
> org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug gcashdata_3.gnucash
> 
> (I had to remove the branch and arch options that are in the desktop entry
> (which I copied from above) to even get his outputof warnings)
> 
> and then doing the qif import, results in about 40 lines of:
> (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Negative content width -2147483648
> .... while allocating gadget (node progress, owner GtkProgressBar)
> and
> (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Drawing a gadget with negative
> dimensions. did you forget to allocate a size? (node progress, owner
> GtkProgressBar)
> 
> Whether this results in the actual crash, I have no idea.
> 
> OTHER BACKGROUND ON WAY TO HERE ...
> 
> Whenever gnucash is started, I get the Gtk messages as follows:
> Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
> Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
> 
> I tried all manner of suggestions of loading appmenu-gtk/2/3 and
> libcanberra-gtk/2/3 etcand reinstalling each. all said they were installed
> and all re-installs also completed without error.
> But did not get rid of the messge.
> 
> The machine is a core-i3 with 4GB of RAM and a large drive - so space
> should not be an issue.
> But it is an Inspiron 13 - set at 1080p resoultion.
> 
> Why GNCash ...
> I like what I see and have read the pdfs of documentation and played around
> with examples.
> (BTW, I am a 49 year - before retiring veteran of computer science with a
> PhD in Comp Sci and Electronics.  I have 6 Xubuntu Linux machines at  home
> in addition to a couple of hated Win10 achines.)
> 
> So I have 23 years of history in my Quicken data.
> I have run the Quicken Repair options, and they say all is well.
> 
> Quicken (latest) export to qxf crashes.    So I can't try gnucash import of
> qxf.
> 
> First I am running for this machine Pop!_OS versus Xubuntu as it will be my
> wife's and she is better with GUI.
> AND I have ordered a System76 Pop!_OS laptop to replace my failing (screen)
> Dell Inspiron 15.
> 
> 
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