Backend problem

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 19:01:52 EST 2017 

GatwickDP, Your answer is too vague for people here to help you.

If the client is running GnuCash 2.6.11 in 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04 like I am,
and the data file(s) are on a different machine on the LAN like mine are,
it might be necessary to use the file browser to navigate to the LAN
resource to log in to and mount that resource to find the desired file.
Then double-clicking on that file will open it.  In my case, I use data
files in the compressed XML format which has the file suffix .gnucash.  I
think that it would work the same way if your client uses one of the
database formats, but I am not sure because I do not use any of them.  The
only other requirement would be to have the database engine installed in
the Ubuntu computer.  If it does not work for your client, the problem may
be in user technique rather than program capability.

By the way, I am currently testing 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04 to see if it will
work on the computer that currently has the 32 bit release 12.04 on it.  So
far, the newer Ubuntu will run the programs that I use most frequently,
albeit newer releases of many of them.  I doubt that the OS being 32 bit or
64 bit makes any difference to the vast majority of users.

David C

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:31 PM, GatwickDP <gatwickdp at britmail.net> wrote:

> any of the files that contain the data of accounts.
>
> --- clanlaw at gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> To: gatwickdp at britmail.net
> Cc: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>,   "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org>, ml-node+s1415818n4689095h13 at n4.nabble.com
> Subject: Re: Backend problem
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:23:03 +0000
>
> On 23 January 2017 at 14:16, GatwickDP <gatwickdp at britmail.net> wrote:
> > This is for a client. His office is currently using ubantu. He would
> have liked to continue with ubantu, but with a 4 yr. lifespan that creates
> a problem that he does not want to deal with. Since he makes use of Power
> Term as well and powerterm along with tiny term is not creating future
> access for their product via the Linux or Mac route, that leaves him in a
> position to do a turnover to the horrid windows platform. This is the first
> of these machines that he is testing on what he normally does. In this case
> he wants to create a backup to a machine and if another one goes down then
> he can simply mount this one and go on as if nothing has happened. I
> understand this may be convoluted- however in his filed he has the largest
> medical practice in DFW and makes the most of any MD in his specialty in
> DFW and has about 55 computers spread over 3 offices and home. So since he
> will be moving slowly to Win 10 architecture- this is what he wants. So
> back to the question- the only scenario th
>  at
> >   Gnucash is not working correctly is when from a ubantu machine- you
> open gnucash and pull the files from the mounted win10 machine and get the
> the backend error message.
>
> Which files are you pulling from the windows machine?
>
> It is Ubuntu by the way.
>
> Colin
>
> >
> > --- sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > From: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> > To: gatwickdp at britmail.net
> > Cc: "David Carlson-4 [via GnuCash]" <ml-node+s1415818n4689095h13@
> n4.nabble.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Subject: Re: Backend problem
> > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 07:52:49 +0500
> >
> > Since it sounds as if you are trying to use your Win10 machine as a
> glorified backup storage location, as long as the file can be moved to a
> new machine and loaded, what does it matter if you can run it remotely from
> an ubuntu machine?
> >
> >
> >> On Jan 23, 2017, at 4:35 AM, GatwickDP <gatwickdp at britmail.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>   I must be missing something in your suggestion. The original ubantu
> >>   computers that are being used have zero problems with opening any of
> >>   the gnucasf files on them, so apparently the database engine has to be
> >>   correct. Take any of the ubantu machines that have gnucah app on them
> >>   and they can open the files that are local to that machine or on
> >>   another networked ubantu or win xp machine. The exact same files are
> on
> >>   the win 10 machine and only on that machine does the attempt from a
> >>   networked ubantu trying to open the files on the win10  do we get the
> >>   backend error. The files have to be fine when as a test i open then
> >>   with an app native to win 10 and the win 10 app can open any of the
> >>   data files of gnucash on any of the other networked ubantu or winp
> >>   machines . The only problem is that I open gnucash on a ubanu computer
> >>   and by the network try to open the data files that are on win 10.
> Other
> >>   machines See everything fine on win 10 - any other file from any other
> >>   program will open. Only problem is the gnucash. We are trying to use
> >>   win10 as a mirror so that if one of the machines holding a number of
> >>   files and gnucash being only one set, we can just mount the drive from
> >>   win 10 and go down the road.
> >>   --- ml-node+s1415818n4689095h13 at n4.nabble.com wrote:
> >>   From: "David Carlson-4 [via GnuCash]"
> >>   <ml-node+s1415818n4689095h13 at n4.nabble.com>
> >>   To: Jazzwineman <gatwickdp at britmail.net>
> >>   Subject: Re: Backend problem
> >>   Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:11:41 -0800 (PST)
> >>   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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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