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

[Thomas Boerner]

Hey Klaus,

In my case it was enough to set the environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS to its correct value.
See also https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798330

Cheers, Thomas

Am Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021, 10:14:31 CEST schrieb 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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