Preferences aren't saved

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 25 januari 2017 22:12:37 CET schreef Maxim Cournoyer:
> Dear GnuCash community,
> 
> I'm using GnuCash on the GNU GuixSD distribution, and for some reason
> the preferences are not remembered (for example the initial tips pop-up
> always come back even if I uncheck the checkbox).
> 
> From what I could gather from GnuCash's FAQ, the preferences would be
> stored using Gsettings. I'm _not_ using a full-blown desktop such as
> Gnome, so maybe that component is missing.
> 
> How could I make gnucash more verbose so that I can see what is
> happening? Looking at the source it seems some messages should be
> printed if no preference backend is found (for example, there is this in
> gnc-prefs.c: LEAVE("no backend loaded, or the backend doesn't define
> register_cb, returning 0");)
> 
> I've tried: "gnucash --debug --extra" but it doesn't print anything
> except that Finance::Quote was found. I'm not sure how to use the
> "--log" option (what logger path should I use to log everything?).
> 
Hi,

--log gnc=debug
should result in getting all debug information.

If your preferences aren't saved, this is probably because you don't have the 
right backend for gsettings.  In the absence of a proper backend, gsettings 
will default to a memory only backend, which means settings are only retained 
as long as gnucash is running.

You don't need a complete gnome desktop environment. I believe in this 
particular case you are missing the 'dconf' component. 

Regards,

Geert