GnuCash 2.6 Dutch: cannot start new file

[John Ralls]

On Jan 4, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Egbert van der Wal <ewal at pointpro.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been using GnuCash 2.4.13 up till now and today I decided to give 2.6 a try. I had to compile it manually, because Ubuntu 12.04 is not supported by any of the precompiled packages (all sorts of modernistic dependencies). Compilation went fine, the program starts.
> 
> However, when I run gnucash normally, in the Dutch language as per my system settings, I cannot start a new file. On the third screen 'Settings for new file' or something, the 'Forward' button is disabled. However, if I start using:
> 
> LC_ALL=C gnucash
> 
> I get the English version which does allow me to create a new file and the Forward button on the same screen is not disabled. Any clues what might be causing this?
> 

I’ve seen that on OSX a couple of times when it was having trouble with the new preferences stuff. When it happens, if I click the “Reset Defaults” button the “Forward” button is re-enabled. Please give that a try and report back.

Regards,
John Ralls