[GNC] Gnucash 3.7 - flatpak cannot recognize second internal HDD & USB Flashdrive

[David H]

Hi Parag,

I'm no linux expert but the following works for me on ubuntu...

Open a terminal window and enter the following command to give Gnucash
access to your usb drive.  I believe this will only allow you to access
your usb drive in addition to the usual limited flatpak file system access
but as I said I'm no linux expert.  Also I'm not sure whether this setting
will be persisted through terminal sessions or upgrades to Gnucash - you
might have to do some reading to determine that but it seems to persist
between terminal sessions at least ;-)

sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash --filesystem=/media/John/JETFLASH

All going well this will prompt you for your sudo password and allow
Gnucash to access your usb drive mounted at /media/John/JETFLASH

then run Gnucash as normal i.e.

flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash

If this works as expected just try exporting your chart of accounts as a
csv file to the usb drive - works for me.

Cheers David H.




On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 17:41, parag puranik <parag_puranik at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am new to Linux shell commands. Please advise on how to use the
> filesystem command :
>
> --filesystem=$PATH_TO_USB_DRIVE
>
> Assuming my device name is /media/John/JETFLASH
>
>
> --filesystem=$PATH_TO_USB_DRIVE
>
>
> On Monday, 8 November, 2021, 12:09:02 pm IST, David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Parag,
>
> You should read the wiki re flatpak -
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak, specifically the following :-
>
> How did you go with your csv file ?
>
> Cheers David H.
>
> ConfigurationGranting Access to Other Resources
>
> As each Flatpak app runs in a sandbox, you have to unlock additionally
> required resources like
> USB Drive
>
> sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash --filesystem=$PATH_TO_USB_DRIVE
>
> Smartcard ReaderTo use smart cards in AqBanking
> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/AqBanking>
>
>    1. on the host—your Linux PC—the demon pcscd must be running,
>    2. the related socket must become unlocked for your GnuCash-Flatpak
>    once:
>
>    sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash --socket=pcsc
>
>
> sudo may be required depending on the rest of your installation.
> See alsohttps://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html
>
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 16:28, parag puranik via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> My existing system : Mint 19.3 Cinnamon -32 bit with latest updates -
> (installed on internal SSD) and Gnucash default version 2.6.19. I upgraded
> Gnucash through Software manager to Build : 3.7+(2019-09-07) -Flatpak. It
> was successfully installed while keeping my existing default version 2.6.19
> intact. My Gnucash working files are stored on attached USB flash drive
> which I want to open and work upon through Menu>File>open . . . However on
> doing so my attached (i) second internal HDD and (ii) USB flash drive are
> not visible at all (even in "+other locations"). Only files in Home folder
> are visible.  On the other hand, on opening through the earlier ver 2.6.19
> these devices are still very well visible. Why this anomaly ? and what is
> the solution ?
>
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