HELP! Can't setup budget - solved, Thanks Derek

[Alexander Miller]

Thanks Derek; #2 fixed it.

Login as new user, new file had budget working properly.
Log back in as old user, delete everything under ~/gconf/apps/gnucash
Reinstall gnucash - budget works!!

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On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 12:25 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Alexander Miller <ambler at shaw.ca> writes:
> 
> > Haha - pardon my Freudian mistype - "Gnash" instead of "Gnucash."
> > Honest, it wasn't deliberate!
> 
> Two things to try:
> 
> 1) Create a new data file and try to create a budget in there:
>     File -> New File
>     ...
> 
> 2) If that doesn't work, try with a new user.  Create a whole new user
>    on your system and from there you can try to create a new file and
>    budget.
> 
> If neither #1 NOR #2 work then all I can suggest is upgrading your
> gnucash to a version that's not almost 4 years old.  However if it WAS
> working before then my first guess is that there's a configuration
> problem preventing it from working now.  Test #2 would show that.  If #1
> fails and #2 works then you can fix it by clearing out your gnucash
> settings in gconf.
> 
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> 
> -derek
>