Could not determine the account currency

[Joel Thibault (Gnucash)]

Thanks for the response, Derek.

The account type is Mutual Fund and the commodity is FUND/VISVX, which I
entered.  I have seen this behavior for several similar accounts.  There's
no "other account" when this appears: I get the error message (1) after I
double-click on the account and before the account screen opens, and (2)
when I navigate away from the empty transaction at the bottom of the
ledger.  When I'm on a real transaction involving one or more other
accounts, it doesn't happen.

$ locale
LANG=
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_ALL="C"

Looks like I never set it.  After adding the line export LANG=en_US to
.profile:

$ locale
LANG="en_US"
LC_COLLATE="en_US"
LC_CTYPE="en_US"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
LC_MONETARY="en_US"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
LC_TIME="en_US"
LC_ALL="en_US"

But I see no changes in gnucash's behavior.  Is it something I need to have
set at compile-time instead?  My default currency is USD too.

Joel


On 4/28/08, Derek Atkins warlord-at-MIT.EDU |Gnucash| <
licijzv26z0t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> What's your computer's locale setting?
> What's the account type?
> What's the account commodity?
> What's the type/commodity of the other account in the transaction you
> entered?
>
> I cannot reproduce this error on my system.
>
>
> -derek
>
>
> "Joel Thibault (Gnucash)" <ie37pjv02 at sneakemail.com> writes:
>
> > OK, how do I get gnucash to determine my transaction currency
> properly?  It
> > looks like it should be working to me.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Derek Atkins warlord-at-MIT.EDU
> |Gnucash| <
> > licijzv26z0t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     It was added recently as a warning against a bug determining your
> >     transaction currency.
> >
> >     -derek
> >
> >     Quoting "Joel Thibault (Gnucash)" <ie37pjv02 at sneakemail.com>:
> >
> >         Hello.  I keep seeing a message box (twice) every time I enter a
> >         transaction
> >         for certain accounts.  It's very annoying so I was hoping
> someone here
> >         might
> >         help me figure out how to get rid of it :)
> >
> >         In my mutual fund accounts, I see the message "Could not
> determine the
> >         account currency.  Using the default currency provided by your
> >         system."
> >         Ok.  Maybe I don't have the account's currency set.  So I go
> into Edit
> >         Account to fix it.  But I see I already have a Security/Currency
> >         listed.  In
> >         one instance,  Type = FUND, Security = VISVX.  Makes sense to
> me.  Am
> >         I
> >         doing something wrong?
> >
> >         I don't recall seeing this message until recently.  Perhaps a
> few
> >         months.
> >
> >         GnuCash 2.2.4
> >         Built 2008-03-24 from r16997M
> >         Installed via MacPorts
> >         Mac OS X 10.4.11
> >
> >         Thanks for your help,
> >         Joel
> >
> >         --
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> >         Software Engineer in Boston
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> > Software Engineer in Boston
> >
>
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>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>



-- 
Joel Thibault [AIM: Jole Tebo]
Software Engineer in Boston