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

[Geert Janssens]

Hi Klaus, the delay is no problem. However please remember to keep the 
conversation on-list...

Before I redirect you to a bug, a few questions: did you build in an empty 
build directory and install in an empty install directory ? There may be 
interference from an older install.
Or, do you have another version of gnucash installed (perhaps installed via 
pacman) ?

Regards,

Geert

Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 22:00:28 CEST schreef Klaus Dahlke:
>  
> Hi Geert,
> sorry for teh delay, was busy the lst two dayss. Anyhw, I read that a bug is
> filed by now and I am happy to give a helping hand here in root cause
> analyses. 
> Best regards
> Klaus
>  
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 05. Oktober 2021 um 12:21 Uhr
> Von: "Geert Janssens" <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> An: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: "Klaus Dahlke" <kdahlke at gmx.de>
> Betreff: Re: [GNC] Gnucash 4.8: doesn't read or store config
> Hi,
> 
> This likely means for some reason the preference migration hasn't run.
> 
> I'd like to figure out why if you're willing to work with me on debugging
> this. If so, please file a bug so we can track our research there.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op maandag 4 oktober 2021 23:06:13 CEST schreef Klaus Dahlke:
> > Hi,
> > I run gnucash 4.5 on ArchLinux and compile gnucash from the sources.
> > Yesterday I wanted to upgrade/install gnucash 4.8 by:
> > 
> > cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/klaus -G Ninja ..
> > ninja
> > ninja install
> > 
> > All went smoothly, but when starting gnucash, the warning/error came up:
> > no
> > book found (or similar), i.e., gnucash starts but no accounts, register
> > etc
> > are there. I then went to File -> Open' and opened the postgres database.
> > The data were read, but not displayed as expected: currency was USD, date
> > format was US, no register color etc. I changed some of Preferences as
> > setting the register color scheme to gnucash default, currency to Er, date
> > format etc. But after exiting and restarting gnucash, none of the
> > preference settings where save. The warning message and teh look and feel
> > was exactly the same as right after compile.
> > 
> > I then switched back to gnucash 4.5 by compiling it from the sources by
> > the
> > above method and all works fine again.
> > 
> > Did I miss something in the installation procedure or is it worth filing a
> > bug?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Klaus
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