[GNC] Cannot change preferences

[Ken Heard]

On 2018-08-18 10:42, Colin Law wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 at 15:19, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>> I think Ken mentioned GnuCash 2.6.15 in Debian Stretch in the OP.
>>
> 
> I missed that.  Thanks.
> 
> Ken, dconf not working can be caused by corrupted dconf config files.  This
> can happen if there is power fail apparently.  Try this in a terminal after
> closing all apps down.
> mv .config/dconf  .config/dconf.save
> which will move that folder out of the way,  dconf should recreate it.  Log
> out and back in again (this may not be necessary in fact, not sure), then
> try dconf-editor again and see if it saves things now.
> You may well find that other apps that use dconf will have gone back to
> default values.
> 
> If doing this messes things up then you can always restore the orginal using
> mv .config/dconf .config/dconf.regenerated
> mv .config/dconf.save .config/dconf
> If the first command says it can't find .config/dconf then that is ok, it
> just means it had not been recreated.

I have discovered that I do not have a file ~/.config/dconf. Perhaps the 
absence of such a fine has prevented my from changing any of my gnucash 
preferences. So I suppose my next step is somehow to create one, yes?

Regards, Ken