having trouble starting

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

The "Welcome" dialog only apears the very first time you run gnucash.  If
you have *ever* run gnucash in the past then it wont reappear.

Having said that, if all you have is the Open and Close buttons, you have
a few choices:

1) If you have any data, you can create a New Accounts Page to view it.
2) You could run the New File Assistant.
3) You can run the New Hierarchy Assistant.

Before you go any further -- 2.6.1 is VERY old and quite buggy.  You
really should upgrade.  There are newer packages available on GetDeb.

Hope this helps,

-derek

On Sun, February 26, 2017 8:42 pm, cware at almeotech.com wrote:
>
> Hi, installed gnucash ver. 2.6.1  on Ubuntu 14.04  64 bit.
> Seems like it installed OK.  On starting it,  splash screen appears, tip
> of the day,  then blank screen comes up with 2 buttons on top,  "Save"
> and "Close".  Certainly not the "Welcome to GnuCash" dialog that is
> supposed to appear.  Went to Software Centre and did remove / install.
> Same thing happens. So now, I am a bit stuck.    Thanks in advance for
> any help.
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