imported quicken 2007, strange large window behavior

[Erik Felthauser]

The font is the default ubuntu. Not too large. Like I said, when I
make a new, empty GNUCash file, I don't get this problem.
I'm attaching screenshots. Let me know if this is not the right way to
share images.



On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Erik Felthauser <efelthauser at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Erik Felthauser <efelthauser at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Ubuntu 9.04, latest updates.
>>>> GnuCash 2.2.6
>>>> quicken 2007 qif (from WinXP)
>>>>
>>>> The window is too large for the screen and anywhere I click, the
>>>> window moves, showing the left half, then the right half of window
>>>> with another click.
>>>
>>> Define "too large"?
>>> GnuCash requires a display of at least 1024x768.  Is your screen
>>> smaller than that?
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your response. Yes, my resolution is 1024X768. My laptop is
>> 15". The window cannot be shrunken to fit on the screen: it extends
>> horizontally off the screen. Clicking anywhere toggles the screen
>> leftward and rightward.
>
> Can you show a screen dump of the window?
> Do you have an unnecessarily large Gnome Font setting?
>
>>>> No errors reported during qif import.
>>>>
>>>> In the accounts page there is an unlabeled column that is very long,
>>>> which I believe is the cause. I can't adjust its width, and I can't
>>>> deselect the column from the column list because it doesn't appear in
>>>> the list. I tried making a new blank file, and it does not have this
>>>> problem, so it is an issue with the imported file.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea how i can get rid of the column?
>>>
>>> Try changing the name of your file and reopening under the new name?
>>>
>>> * Exit GnuCash
>>> * mv <oldname> <newname>
>>> * Start GnuCash with the new file:
>>>  gnucash <newname>
>>>
>>
>> Renaming did not fix.
>
> Can you show a screen dump of the window with the empty column?
>
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>
> -derek
>
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