Adrien, Fumes is right. This takes "it" out of me. But i do feel empowered when i accomplish Stuff :-D So i managed to change the "exec=" line in the environment version such that my NVIDIA card no longer freezes my desktop. My laptop works (no NVIDIA) and runs the flatpak version. I wouldn't mind running the flatpak version on the desktop because it can find the reports wherever they are already. While this might be great, it would only work if i managed to successfully change the "Exec=" line.
Conversely, if i run the environment version, it 1) might not be possible to use the company file on both (?) And 2) it would mean either copying the saved reports file/s to the needed location or recreating them. I've effectively identified what would be required of me with each scenario. It comes down to which option would be the easiest, and the version compatibility question. I don't actually work on the company file all that often on the laptop, so that isn't a deal breaker. Conversely, if i settle on the environment version, i could install that on the laptop too, and that would solve that. The remaining question is whether i can figure out where to copy the saved reports file/s. If i can, i guess i'd go that route (environment on both). Otherwise, i'd punt to plan b. Is my logic sound? On Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 9:09 PM Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > Julie, > > Glad to see you got that far! > > I'm running on fumes and probably couldn't provide a good reply at the > moment, but I'll tackle this again in the morning. > > Yes, it should be possible to recover your saved reports without having > to re-create them. And it won't be time consuming either. > > But there is an important question that needs to be resolved first: > > Do you want to continue using the 5.5 version from the repository, or do > you want to switch back to the 5.17 flatpak on your desktop machine? > > The answer will determine the next course of action concerning those > saved reports. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 10/24/26 9:43 PM, Julie G wrote: > > Adrien et al., > > > > Outlining the circumstances first: > > the laptop has gnucash flatpak 5.17 > > saved reports are available in that version > > > > the desktop has gnucash the environment, version 5.5 > > It has no saved reports, as i just installed it to replace what I think > was > > the same gnucash flatpak 5.17. > > > > i went to the wiki and am endeavoring to get very familiar with it. > First > > thing i hoped to do was find and locate the saved reports folder/files. > > Following the wiki, i did find this: > > /home/julie/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash > > in this folder, i see: "saved-reports-2.8" > > > > I suspect these are my saved reports from the old flatpak version i > > uninstalled. > > > > next i hoped to find and locate the folder that saved files *would* be > in, > > ...in the environment version. I thought maybe i could just copy and > paste > > the file, voila? But alas, i don't see where the wiki tells me where > linux > > saves these data files. It says that linux pristine will have data in the > > subdirectory "USER_DATA_HOME". i haven't been able to find that path. > > Mine starts with home/user... and i see no "data" folder... i can find > > home/user/.local/share/applications and then gnucash. > > i tried stabbing in the dark and copied the saved-reports-2.8 from the > > flatpak installation location, > > /home/julie/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash > > to the environment location: /home/julie/.local/share/applications > > *...that didn't work. * > > i am fresh out of ideas, and thinking in the end how many saved reports > > have i? 12? maybe it would be faster to recreate them, expecially > since > > i can refer to the laptop version to recreate them on the desktop > version. > > ...then maybe i can find the file by searching for it and THAT's where i > > could copy the saved-reports-2.8. ??? > > am i simply a danger to myself and software? :-) > > > > please do advise, if you're so inclined. tonight i will dabble with > > recreating one report, but i can't/won't do them all tonight. if by some > > stroke of empathy can get Prime Directive from here soon enough, i may be > > able to save myself from myself and learn something in the meantime. > > > > We shall see... > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
