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

Sun Oct 10 03:56:21 EDT 2021

Hey Klaus,
glad it's working for you now, too!
I've written that I got it working by modifying XDG_DATA_DIRS. That is true, but it cures only the symptom. The root cause was a forgotten schema from an old self-compiled version of gnucash below /usr/local/share. After deleting that it works with the original XDG_DATA_DIRS.
Perhaps you have had a similar situation that has been solved implicitly by removing and re-installing versions?
Best, Thomas

Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2021, 20:51:26 CEST schrieb Klaus Dahlke:
> Hi Geert,
> I was about to do some tests whether any of the below mentioned tweaks (adapting XDG_DATA_DIRS, using .gconf/org/gnucash/Gnucash) would help, and if not doing an fresh install after removal of gnucash-4.5 or going release by release to gnucash-4.8 - but surprisingly, when I installed the freshly compiled gnucash-4.8 over the existing gnucash 4.5, gnucash-4.8 starts normal, and the configurations is the one as of gnucash-4.5: currency is EUR, register colors are default, date format german ...
> 
> I did exactly the same procedure as last week except I was using gnucash-4.5 a bit since switching back to gnucash-4.5 after the non-successful upgrade. 
> 
> In essence: today it worked as it should be, I didn't have to do anything on the location of the configuration files or change XDG_DATA_DIRS (is still at $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS -> /usr/local/share:/usr/share)
> 
> I assume that error must have been somehow on my side. 
> 
> Best regards
> Klaus
> 
> 
> On Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:07:40 +0200
> Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > Thanks for the feedback. It also works fine on my Fedora 34 box. And at this 
> > point I don't see reason yet to believe the intermediate step via 4.7 is 
> > required. The bug hunt will hopefully give more details.
> > 
> > As for the /org/gnucash/GnuCash path, that's a virtual path, not a filesystem 
> > one. It's how preferences are organised hierarchically inside GSettings. Every 
> > application is supposed to generate the three-component "prefix" consisting of 
> > /org/<organisation>/<application> and under that prefix all preferences for 
> > that particular application can then be structured. You will find this 
> > structure for example by opening dconf-editor on linux systems (provided 
> > gnucash is installed in the default prefix /usr or /usr/local; if not, you'll 
> > have to manipulate the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable to include <your-
> > prefix>/share in the search path).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Geert
> > 
> > Op donderdag 7 oktober 2021 11:50:46 CEST schreef davidcousens49 at gmail.com:
> > > Hi Geert,
> > > 
> > > For your info if it will help diagnose problems on other Linux systems. As
> > > far as I cn tell GunCash 4.8 is reading the preferences when they exist on
> > > Linux Mint 20.2. I up graded from 4.6 via a patched version of 4.7 and then
> > > to 4.8 with a further patch suggested by John. Both 4.7 and 4.8 built from
> > > scratch from the downloaded tarball. These still show up under
> > > .local/share/gnucash/ for the books reports etc and .config/gnucash for the
> > > gtk style sheets.  The file modifications times and dates indicate changes
> > > (I deliberately changed a few setting exited and then restarted and then
> > > changed them back). I am presuming the /org/gnucash/GnuCash translates to
> > > these locations during installation as I cannot find any such directories
> > > on my computer.
> > > 
> > > David
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 09:29 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > 
> > > > Klaus hasn't filed a bug yet. If you can, please do.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Geert
> > > > 
> > > > Op woensdag 6 oktober 2021 16:25:41 CEST schreef boerner at t-online.de:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am experiencing the same issue coming from 4.6 and upgrading to 4.8
> > > > > from
> > > > > an OpenSuse Repo. One thing that I have in common with Klaus is that we
> > > > > both skipped 4.7
> > > > > 
> > > > > Indeed in Dconf I can find a new preference path /org/gnucash/GnuCash
> > > > > along
> > > > > with the old /org/gnucash. However, gnucash 4.8 doesn't seem to take
> > > > > care
> > > > > of this path. Neither changes in my settings are reflected there nor
> > > > > changes done directly in Dconf (e.g. set time format to 24h) have any
> > > > > effect. Moreover the default preference for the date format is ISO
> > > > > (2021-10-06), while gnucash uses the US format (10/06/2021)
> > > > > persistently.
> > > > > So it appears to me that gnucash neather reads nor writes from/to the
> > > > > new
> > > > > preferences path in this situation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > @Klaus: Did you file that bug already? So it might be worth to add this
> > > > > information there.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best
> > > > > Thomas
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tue Oct 5 06:21:11 EDT 2021 Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 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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