unusable gnucash

[blossom merz]

Hey, Dave.

I'm sorry if I sound like I don't know what I'm doing. In the case of
Gnucash, it's true, but I'm really not a newbie to Linux. (I've used
Linux exclusively since 1994, when you had to compile your own kernel.)

I did install gnucash from the RedHat CD. Same symptom. I do keep my
system up to date with the Ximian Red Carpet service. (I updated my
software this morning, in fact.) It also detects no conflicts with the
gnucash rpm as I have it installed, but the symptom persists.

I've built it from source - it was a little tricky to meet all the
dependencies, but I did finally get it to compile. It exhibits the same
symptom -- I can't enter monetary values into the interface.

I appreciate your attempts to help. With the economy in its current
state and my personal finances close behind, I would really like to use
this software to help me sort them out.

cheers!
blossom


On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 12:36, Dave Peticolas wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 12:28, blossom merz wrote:
> > I'm using 7.2, but I'm desperate enough that I'll try duplicating rpm
> > versions from other redhat distros if I have to.
> 
> Then I recommend you use the gnucash rpm that comes with
> RedHat 7.2. RH7.2 also includes every package you need to
> use their rpm. If you don't want to find all the packages
> you need on the RedHat CD, you might try using Ximian's
> Red Carpet service, which has a RedHat channel. You can
> install RedHat packages without installing any Ximian
> packages, if you wish. (Except for Red Carpet itself)
> Red Carpet should select needed dependencies for you.
> 
> dave
>