[GNC] 4.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 not saving preferences

Tim Kallmer tkallmer at gmail.com
Tue Dec 21 08:07:20 EST 2021


David,
You are right. I now know it was not related to switching from .bz2 to .gz
formats.

I tried the same procedure on my laptop GC (also 4.6), using the .gz for
4.9 initially, and had the same "fresh-start" behavior and GC not saving my
preferences or working file.

Once I reverted to 4.6 and then installed 4.9 again, it works.

Geert,
By installing "over" my previous 4.6, I mean I go through the build
procedure using the same /home/<user>/.local installation location. Both
versions were built from the source files. My initial 4.6 build was using
ninja. This 4.9 - 4.6 revert - 4.9 again process was with make. Would using
ninja previously and then changing to make be the cause?

All of my versions have been the self-built GC. I was not switching from
flatpak. I did not have any other versions remaining other than the 4.6 I
had been using.

I have never ran 'uninstall' before installing a newer version, but I will
try to remember to do that next time. That must have been my problem. My
understanding is that I should keep the source and build folders for next
time. Can I move these folders from their parent (the Downloads folder) to
a more convenient place and have the uninstall work correctly?

The schemas folder contents is now as follows, with a working 4.9:

total 484K
-rw-rw-r-- 1  66K Dec 20 19:22 gschemas.compiled
-rw-r--r-- 1 105K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.deprecated.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  12K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 6.9K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.checkprinting.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  777 Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.commodities.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.export.csv.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  571 Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.flicker.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  15K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  872 Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.csv.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 6.5K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.generic.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.3K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.hbci.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  464 Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.ofx.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 2.5K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.import.qif.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 2.0K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.reconcile.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.1K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.sxs.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.dialogs.totd.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  465 Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.general.finance-quote.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  30K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 2.8K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.history.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  14K Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.warnings.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:51
org.gnucash.GnuCash.window.pages.account.tree.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  674 Dec 20 19:51 org.gnucash.GnuCash.window.pages.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  11K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.business.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 6.9K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.checkprinting.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  761 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.commodities.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.export.csv.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  555 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.flicker.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  15K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  856 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.csv.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 6.4K Dec 20 19:13
org.gnucash.dialogs.import.generic.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.3K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.hbci.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  448 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.ofx.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 2.5K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.import.qif.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 1.9K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.reconcile.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.sxs.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 1.1K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.dialogs.totd.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  449 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.general.finance-quote.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  29K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 2.8K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.history.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  13K Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.warnings.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 4.0K Dec 20 19:13
org.gnucash.window.pages.account.tree.gschema.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1  658 Dec 20 19:13 org.gnucash.window.pages.gschema.xml


Thanks David and Geert!
Tim



> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:25:03 +1000
> From: davidcousens49 at gmail.com
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC]  ?Re: 4.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 not saving preferences
> Message-ID: <7a6a2901b83eedc78248ccdbab9ab03802f5aa59.camel at gmail.com>
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>
> Tim,
>
> Good to see its fixed although I don't really understand why. I downloaded
> and
> built from the .bz2 file without any problems and I extract it using the
> Archive
> Manager which AFAIK is the Ubuntu manager. It may have to do with what zip
> tools
> you are using, I have both installed and presumably the Archiv Manager
> picks
> which one to use based on the file extension.
>
> David
>
> On Mon, 2021-12-20 at 20:16 -0500, Tim Kallmer wrote:
> > Solved: I reverted to 4.6 by downloading the .gz for 4.6. It built and
> ran
> > fine. I realized 4.9 was extracted from downloading the .bz2. So I tried
> > 4.9 again by downloading the .gz for 4.9. And voila, it built and ran
> fine.
> > I have my preferences and colors back.
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