[GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config

john jralls at ceridwen.us
Mon Nov 22 19:56:03 EST 2021


David,

He's using Gentoo eMerge. See https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278 <https://bugs.gnucash.org/attachment.cgi?id=374278> for a lot more detail.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, davidcousens49 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Brian 
> What operating Sytem are you using and how are you installing it (flatpack msi ,
> build from source etc)?
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 22:52 +0800, BrianHsu wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've encountered the issue that after install GnuCash 4.8, it won't
>> read or store my preferences, as described at:
>> 
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330
>> 
>> But there is a little different, since I just do a fresh OS install,
>> I'm sure I don't have any other GnuCash version or XDG_DATA_DIRS
>> issue.
>> 
>> And I also noticed some strange things, IIRC, after a fresh GnuCash is
>> installed and launched for first time, it should have the following
>> behavior:
>> 
>> 1. Display a splash screen
>> 2. Show a dialog that contains tips
>> 3. When create a new file, it should have a account setting wizard popped up.
>> 
>> None of above happens when I launch my fresh installed GnuCash 4.8,
>> which is really strange.
>> 
>> Also, it appears even if I manually ticked those checkbox in
>> Preference dialog, it just won't save and will not display splash /
>> tips dialog anyway.
>> 
>> Here is my screen recording to demonstrate this problem:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtVVvxxsME
>> 
>> I've also checked settings mentioned at the bug ticket, but with no
>> luck. Everything seems correct on my system, but it just won't save my
>> preference.
>> 
>> I've attached a detail reproduce / investigation steps on the ticket,
>> hope someone might figure out what happened and help me resolved this
>> issue.
>> 
> 
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