Bill, Known recent issue posted earlier today - see https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-September/108979.html and bug report at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799092
Cheers David H. On Sat, 30 Sept 2023 at 06:45, WR D <dull...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure if this is something new with 5.4, but I notice when I exit > from GnuCash (windows 11), there is a background process left running. > > In task manager the process is called "GnuCash Program File (32 bit)" ... > it uses 0% CPU, takes 76.9MB memory, and 0% disk. But it is always running. > > The reason I found this is that I observed something was locking up one of > the Gnucash log files - I know this because I keep by Gnucash files on > OneDrive and I now sometimes get sync errors due to log file being "in use" > even after I shut down Gnucash. I assume it is the background process that > is using a log file preventing it from being synced properly even after > GnuCash shuts down. > > I also observe the online finance quote retrieval has changed with 5.4. > Specifically, previously there was always a window frame pop-up while quote > retrieval was happening. Since 5.4, this no longer happens. The retrieval > happens but there is no window showing anywhere ... did online quote > retrieval move to a background process perhaps. > > I wonder if the background process issue is related to some change in how > GnuCash triggers online quote retrievals? > > I am considering to revert back to previous GnuCash version to confirm the > background process locking issue goes away. > > Regards, > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
