GC 2.2.9 Crash Importing .qfx Files.

[Doc Kinne]

Hi Folks:

I'm hoping someone can help here.

I am trying to migrate over to GnuCash after using Quicken for over 15
years. All accounts are set up and I'm getting used to double-entry
accounting. What I'm having a problem with is important bank
transactions.

According to what I am reading GC imports OFX/QFX files. Well, I still
don't know what OFX files are, but my bank allowed me, through "Web
Connect" to download "transaction.qfx" files that Quicken would read,
transaction match, and load into my Quicken data file.

Because I saw an "Import OFX/QFX" option in GC, I expected GC to do
something similar. I didn't expect it to crash while trying to do so.

So, I have two questions.

1) CAN GC read in .qfx files from a bank, import them in, and
transaction match them?

2) If so, why might GC crash on my machine while trying to do this? I'm
running GC 2.2.9 under Ubuntu 9.10. The .qfx files are coming from
Cambridge Trust in Cambridge, MA.

I've just started trying to use GC so I'm not sure where to go with this
crashing problem. The folder I'm putting financial data in is already
littered with .log and .xac files just in the two hour I've been using
the program.

When you select a .qfx file to import, it asks you for the file, you
select it, and when you hit OPEN the program simply vanishes. I crashes
hard enough that the lock file is not dealt with properly and upon
re-running the program it says that a lock file is in place and asks you
what you want to do about it.

Thanks for any thoughts, folks!

-- 
Richard "Doc" KINNE, BA, MSc., MAAS, [KQR]
(sent from the Linus Netbook)