Can't import QIF file

[Henry Law]

On 15/09/15 16:44, John Byson wrote:
> The problem appears to be either Opensuse or the fact that it was running in
> a Virtual Box.
>
> Trying to import the same files on a laptop running Ubuntu 15 went as smooth
> as silk.

I'm glad you've solved your problem, but I'm very doubtful of your 
explanation for it!  What you described in your earlier post ...

> There are errors of the type: Some characters replaced &c, but we go om to
> Load another file.
> Ignore & "Forward"
> BUT the Match QIF Accounts with GnuCash accounts box is empty. Not a sausage.
>
> "Forward"
> Select £ sterling
> Accept default settings
> Finish import & save.
>
> And I an presented with a blank "Accounts" tab. I am pretty certain this is not as it should be.

... is without doubt an *application* error.  In my opinion, based on 
considerable experience, the application has not the slightest shred of 
a clue about whether or not it's running in a Virtual Box, so you should 
discount that idea.

As for whether the application cares which Linux distro it's running in, 
that I also doubt.

What is more likely (IMO) is that the level of GnuCash which you had 
obtained to run in OpenSUSE was in some way damaged or down-level or 
something (or perhaps it was one of the libraries that GnuCash uses).

Anyway, you have it running and that's what matters.

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Henry Law            Manchester, England