[GNC] Gnucash Flatpak 3.2 Mysql issue

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 4 september 2018 10:19:09 CEST schreef Colin Law:
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 08:47, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> 
wrote:
> > Op dinsdag 4 september 2018 09:41:46 CEST schreef Colin Law:
> > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 08:35, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > > Ok, and how about
> > > > --filesystem=/var/lib/mysql
> > > 
> > > No joy there either I am afraid.
> > > 
> > > Colin
> > 
> > Hmm, that was on the assumption the mysql unix socket would live there.
> > Can
> > you verify this on your system ?
> > 
> > And if it doesn't work, what errors do you see in your trace file ? (You
> > may have to re-add your --filesystem=/tmp parameter to get a trace file)
> I am not particularly knowledgeable on unix sockets but I think it is
> /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock (which does exist) so tried
> /var/run/mysqld but to no avail.
> 
> In the trace file I see
> CRIT <gnc.backend.dbi> [GncDbiBackend<Type>::session_begin()] Unable
> to connect to database 'gnucash'
> as before.
> 
> Colin

Ok, thanks. Unfortunately that's a very vague error message :(
This will need more experimentation then. But we have a viable workaround for 
now so getting localhost with Unix socket working is less urgent.

Geert