Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-09-15 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
libdbd did the trick. Thanks! On 9/15/24 16:52, Derek Atkins wrote: Make sure you have the dbi dbd sqlite package installed. -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On September 15, 2024 19:30:48 Phil Wolff via gnucash-user [1] wrote: I'm replac

[GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-09-15 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
I'm replacing a failed Ubuntu computer with a new one. I have managed to recover all of the data files with "gnucash" in their names. My Household.db.gnucash file is readable with sqlite3, but no matter how I try to open it, gnucash always reports "No suitable backend." Both machines

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-11-29 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
Apologies if this is a duplicate - my ISP's "upgraded" emailer is FUBAR. Yes, that's exactly what I found. I got around it by running Gnucash in an environment in which XDG_DATA_DIRS omitted the /usr/local/share reference. Thanks for the update! On Tue, 29 Nov, 2022 at 3:41 AM, Geert Janssens

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-10-11 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 10/10/22 12:14, Geert Janssens wrote: Phil, I'm sorry I stopped responding on this thread. I ran out of time and also out of things to suggest. This is the first time I have ever seen the situation where dconf-editor and gsettings (cli tool) work fine and gnucash doesn't.

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-12 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/11/22 13:02, Geert Janssens wrote: Op zaterdag 10 september 2022 19:49:52 CEST schreef Phil Wolff: > On 9/10/22 08:34, Geert Janssens wrote: > That is really odd and again suggesting your gnucash is not configured as > per default. We'll have to find out where this comes

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-10 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/9/22 16:14, Geert Janssens wrote: Op vrijdag 9 september 2022 22:19:08 CEST schreef Phil Wolff: > dellbert@dellbert:~$ gsettings get org.gnucash.GnuCash.general.register > double-line-mode true > dellbert@dellbert:~$ > > But when I run gnucash all of my registers

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-09 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/9/22 09:17, Geert Janssens wrote: Weird, my answer got stripped from the mail as it returned from the mailing list... I'll send again below for reference. Geert Op vrijdag 9 september 2022 17:23:36 CEST schreef Phil Wolff: > Schema files should be compiled at install time

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-09 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/9/22 08:34, Geert Janssens wrote: Op vrijdag 9 september 2022 17:23:36 CEST schreef Phil Wolff: > On 9/9/22 07:49, Geert Janssens wrote: > > > Hi Phill, > > > > > I'm trying to remember how everything panned out exactly back when 4.8 was > rele

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-09 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/9/22 07:49, Geert Janssens wrote: Hi Phill, I'm trying to remember how everything panned out exactly back when 4.8 was released. There was a critical issue with the preference migration causing gnucash to crash on startup in certain situations. This has been fixed in 4.8a,

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-09 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
On 9/8/22 13:28, Geert Janssens wrote: Op woensdag 7 september 2022 21:54:17 CEST schreef Phil Wolff: > Geert ~ > > Before doing anything, I looked at the current trace file. Lots of WARNs and > ERRORs like > > * 12:03:55 WARN > [gnc_gsettings_get_settings_pt

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
/org/gnucash/GnuCash/general/prefs-version Use default value is set, Current value = Default value, Default = 0 If it matters, /org/gnucash/general/prefs-version Use default value is not set, Current value = 308 On 9/7/22 11:59, Geert Janssens wrote: Hi Phil, Op woensdag 7

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
Geert ~ Before doing anything, I looked at the current trace file. Lots of WARNs and ERRORs like * 12:03:55 WARN [gnc_gsettings_get_settings_ptr()] Ignoring attempt to access unknown gsettings schema org.gnucash.GnuCash.general * 12:03:55 ERROR gboolean gnc_gsettings_get_b

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-07 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
Geert ~ On 9/7/22 00:45, Geert Janssens wrote: Phill, "Data files" are the ones containing your actual accounting data. These files normally have file extension ".gnucash". If you have these files from the 1.x period they may also have no extension at all or the ".xacc"

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-06 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
John ~ That appears to be the missing piece. Thanks! ~ Phil On 9/6/22 11:12, john wrote: On Sep 6, 2022, at 8:54 AM, Phil Wolff via gnucash-user [1] wrote: A critical problem remains: scheduled transactions are not being entered as they come due. The Scheduled

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-06 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
ted a new entry scheduled for today, and the transaction did not get created. What else can I look at to diagnose this problem? ~ Phil On 9/6/22 05:20, Geert Janssens wrote: Op maandag 5 september 2022 22:38:55 CEST schreef Phil Wolff via gnucash-user: >David

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-05 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
David ~ [1]https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#DOT_GNUCASH_DI R: "When moving from GnuCash 2.6 to 3.x or above, GnuCash will automatically try to migrate all data from DOT_GNUCASH_DIR to their respective new locations. After mitgration, GnuCash 3.0 or above should

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-05 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
ion. This wiki page https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations has information on where they are stored and you may need to copy them from a backup of your old system. David Cousens On Sat, 2022-09-03 at 12:21 -0700, Phil Wolff via gnucash-user wrote: I was running Ubuntu 20.04.4 and

Re: [GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-03 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
d Cousens On Sat, 2022-09-03 at 12:21 -0700, Phil Wolff via gnucash-user wrote: I was running Ubuntu 20.04.4 and whatever GnuCash version was available in that release, and all was well. Then, around the middle of August when 22.04.1 became available, I upgraded and GnuCash was updated

[GNC] Problems upgrading to 4.8a

2022-09-03 Thread Phil Wolff via gnucash-user
I was running Ubuntu 20.04.4 and whatever GnuCash version was available in that release, and all was well. Then, around the middle of August when 22.04.1 became available, I upgraded and GnuCash was updated to 4.8a. Clicking the desktop icon, which used to present my database page, n