[GNC] GnuCash Flatpak on GalliumOS Linux

[Art Chimes]

Thanks, Frank.

This — sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash
--filesystem=<path-to-your-usb>
— worked like a charm.

The embarrassing thing is that, in searching for a solution, I actually
looked at that page, but it didn't register that the flatpak sandboxing was
my problem. Duh!

Do I have to rerun that override command each time I start GnuCash? After a
reboot? Or is it a persistent setting?


On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 3:07 PM Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Art,
> did you see
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak#Granting_Access_to_Other_Resources
> HTH
> Frank
>
> Am 24.08.20 um 19:46 schrieb Art Chimes:
> > Anyone have any experience with GnuCash installed via Flatpak on
> > GalliumOS? (It's a niche distro designed to turn a Chromebook into a
> > Linux machine.)
> >
> > I installed GC 4.1 and it runs fine ... except that it doesn't
> > recognize the USB drive where I my data file lives. The USB drive and
> > the data file, which I copied over from a working GnuCash installation
> > on a Windows machine, show up fine in Thunar (Linux) file manager and
> > via terminal CLI. The "open file" dialog format looks like GnuCash's,
> > not like something I've seen on my Gallium machine.
> >
> > If I copy the data file to a location that shows up in the open-file
> > dialog (e.g. Desktop) it loads fine.
> >
> > Any ideas how I can remove the USB drive's cloak of invisibility from
> > the open-file dialog?
> >
> > Thanks, Art
> >
> > PS -  I also posted my query in the GalliumOS subreddit, in case
> > someone there has a solution.
>
>