[GNC] Versions after 4.13 freeze in splash screen

[john]

> On Sep 11, 2023, at 09:24, zuperkoleoptera <zuperkoleoptera at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2023-09-11 at 09:13 -0700, john wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 11, 2023, at 02:29, zuperkoleoptera
>>> <zuperkoleoptera at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> I use gnucash under Debian testing with the mariadb backend,
>>> through an
>>> ssh tunnel to a VPS I maintain.
>>> Version of the mariadb is 10.3.39.  
>>> Everything worked as normal, until I upgraded in version 5.1  from
>>> 4.13
>>> where gnucash seemed to start but then remained indefinitely in the
>>> splash screen occasionally bringing forward the "Gnucash not
>>> responding" error with the option to wait or to force quit it. 
>>> If I pressed wait nothing happened until the error screen appeared
>>> again. 
>>> 
>>> I waited until gnucash version 5.3 was migrated to Debian testing
>>> but
>>> the issue has not been resolved. 
>>> I have an older box with Debian testing that still runs 4.13 and is
>>> still operational, so for the time being I use that one. 
>>> 
>>> I am attaching the gnucash_trace file from the box with the 5.3
>>> version. 
>>> If needed I have the gnucash_trace also from the one running 4.13. 
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?     
>>> <gnucash.trace>_______________________________________________
>> 
>> The tracefile shows 10 minutes of
>>  10:59:29  INFO <gnc.gui>
>> [gnc_main_window_set_vis_of_items_by_action] Found menu_item
>> 0x5570bb796ab0 with action name 'ABGetBalanceAction', seting vis to
>> 'true'
>> 
>> For most, but not all, of the AQBanking actions registered by the
>> AQBanking plugin.  I haven't yet tracked down why GnuCash would get
>> stuck in a loop trying to load the plugin, but I guess there's also a
>> packaging problem with the 5.x .deb that you're using. I can't tell
>> you what it might be until I figure out what's causing the loop.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
> Is there a way to disable AQBanking plugin in application start? I
> don't use it so I do not care. 

Not at runtime. GnuCash can be built without AQBanking support.

You could try using the flatpak instead.

Regards,
John Ralls