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

BrianHsu brianhsu.hsu at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 21:26:15 EST 2021


Hi,

Sorry to bother everybody again. I'm pretty sure this is a
Gentoo-package specific bug instead of GnuCash now.
When I build and install GnuCash 4.8 from source code downloaded from
GitHub directly, everything works fine and this problem does not exist
anymore.

This bug only exists when I install GnuCash 4.8 through Gentoo's
official repository.

It should be a Gentoo package bug, not GnuCash's bug. I'll report it
to the package maintainer.

Thanks for your help.

David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> 於 2021年11月23日 週二 上午10:12寫道:
>
> Sorry,  from what I could easily see on my smartphone it appeared that
> Brian's problem was unrelated to the problem described in
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330 and that it shouldn't be
> hijacking that bug report.  Now I see a different bug report number, so
> maybe it's ok.
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 6:57 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> > 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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許洛豪(Brian Hsu)


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