[GNC] GNC Fails to load Data File

Sat Apr 30 17:06:53 EDT 2022

David, Bruce
The type Spreadsheet is the same independent of whether the data file is stored
in sqlite3  or xml format on Linux. I can't test the other database formats at
this point.

David Cousens

On Sun, 2022-05-01 at 06:42 +1000, David H wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> To me the screenshot of your file name "AL.gnucash" with a type
> of "Spreadsheet" implied that you were just using the standard default
> GnuCash xml backup - is this not the case ?
> 
> Cheers David H,
> 
> On Sun, 1 May 2022 at 04:54, Bruce Irving <birving136 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you, Derek.
> > That is another thing I will check Monday
> > Bruce
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Most likely you're using the SQL backend, and it sounds like you might not
> > > have the right SQL Drivers installed on Debian.  If you're using SQLite,
> > > then make sure you have the dbi dbd sqlite driver installed.
> > > 
> > > -derek
> > > 
> > > On Sat, April 30, 2022 8:56 am, Bruce Irving wrote:
> > > > David H.:  Thank you.  I'll try that when I get back to the office
> > > Monday.
> > > > I had tried a Reinstall from Synaptic but that didn't help.  I've tried
> > > > several times to compiling but always hit some snag that my inexperience
> > > > couldn't overcome.  While flatpaks have improved, it still has still a
> > > few
> > > > annoying idiosyncrasies.  If this doesn't work, I'll probably return to
> > > > flatpak.
> > > > 
> > > > David Cousins:  The first time, I did navigate to the data file and
> > > double
> > > > clicked it as was my usual method of opening it.  When that didn't
> > > work, I
> > > > stated gnucash and used file/open.  Both ways gave the same error.
> > > > 
> > > > I do appreciate your suggestions.
> > > > 
> > > > Bruce
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Bruce,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Did you have a previous Debian install of gnucash - maybe try
> > > > > uninstalling and re-installing the debian version - perhaps following
> > > > > the
> > > > > uninstall instructions at
> > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Uninstall_Gnucash_Linux ...  You could
> > > > > also
> > > > > see if restarting solves anything.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Why would you go back from probably the latest version available in
> > > > > Flatpak
> > > > > (4.10) to a version that's almost 18 months old (4.4) and 6 major
> > > > > releases
> > > > > ago with a lot of bug fixes and enhancements in between ?  Personally
> > > > > I
> > > > > would have stuck with the Flatpak version which obviously worked.  If
> > > > > the
> > > > > Flatpak sandboxing is causing an issue for you perhaps you should
> > > > > consider
> > > > > compiling it yourself ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers David H.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 04:52, Bruce Irving <idlegion39 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > I have been using Flatpak for GNC when I discovered that a version
> > > > > > is
> > > > > in
> > > > > > the Debian which I installed. and removed the flatpak files.  when I
> > > > > went
> > > > > > to open my data file either by double clicking the data files or
> > > > > > Open
> > > > > from
> > > > > > GNC: No suitable backend was found for ... (See attached)
> > > > > > This is Version: 4.4
> > > > > > Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The file did open in latest flatpak
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Bruce
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