Backend problem

[David Carlson]

It sounds like you are keeping your data files in one of the database
formats but you did not install the database engine in the Ubuntu box that
gives you the error message.

There is more than one way to solve that problem.  The easiest is to switch
to the default compressed XML data format (.gnucash).   The other is to
install the correct database engine for your data type.  I have never done
the latter myself and the wiki was just reorganized so I cannot find the
reference to look at for instructions.  Hopefully someone who uses a
database format in Linux will tell us how to do that.


David C

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM, GatwickDP <gatwickdp at britmail.net> wrote:

> the gnucash files that are on the win10 machine and then on the ubantu
> machine open up gnucash and attempt to open the files on the win10 machine-
> we get the bankend error message.
>
> This does not happen on any other ubantu machine or on a winxp machine.
> Purely as a test, I installed gnucash on the win 10 machine and opened the
> files that had been stored on the win 10 machine - just to see if they were
> corrupt or any such thing and they opened fine. I also ran the gnucash from
> win 10 and opened files that were on the ubantu machine and thus the only
> problem is getting the silly back-end message when opening the gnucash
> program on ubantu and then trying to run the files that are stored on win10.
>
> --- clanlaw at gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> To: gatwickdp at britmail.net
> Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: Backend problem
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:13:16 +0000
>
> On 22 January 2017 at 20:24, GatwickDP <gatwickdp at britmail.net> wrote:
> >    Here is the situation. Have Ubantu/32 box. Backup a number a files to
> >    make a mirror each day.
> >    One of the folders is Gnucash with all the files and databases in
> >    single folder. Works fine on local machine, can open program  and
> mount
> >    another computer (Ubantu) and go to data files there and Gnucash works
> >    fine. Works fine with all versions we are using of Ubantu and a Win XP
> >    machine.
> >    Problem is when we created the exact same folder structure and put it
> >    on a Win 10 Pro 64  creating proper sharing/security structure on Win
> >    10 machine- when we  attempt to open Gnucash and we get the "no
> >    suitable backend" error.
>
> I don't fully understand what you mean by that. Where are you running
> Gnucash in the above situation? I assumed you meant you had installed
> GC on the Win machine, but then in the first sentence below you say
> that if you install GC on the Win machine it works ok.
>
> Please clarify exactly what is the situation that does not work.
>
> Colin
>
> > However when installing on the same win 10
> >    machine a Gnucash program the files in the same folder open fine.
> >    Further we can use the win 10 program and map/mount a drive from one
> of
> >    the Ubantu boxes and it opens fine.
> >     All other files On Win 10, such as excel or word will open under
> Libra
> >    office quite fine from the ubantu box.
> >    What are we missing and what gives?
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