[GNC] How to get debug to work (saying "uncle")

[Steve Conley]

A BIG Thanks to all who responded with clues or solutions ...
r
Geert, QUITE RIGHT about the broken -lotto.  I now have it working. "Who
would have that the only place it did not work was where the doc said it
should be ...).

I finally successfully loaded up to "about" where it died.  I am proceeding
to check the Quicken QIF and work my way slowly "over" the bug - either in
Quicken output or gnucash input.

The import seemed to do, on the surface, the 3 years I imported mostly the
correct things ... will verify and report, if anyone is interested, the
things that failed.

CURRENTLY: I still have these messages to the CONSOLE if run in a command
window.
These "seem" to be harmless bugs "so far", but someone might like to know
about them:

Gtk-Message: 11:47:04.747: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 11:47:05.351: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 11:47:05.418: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Found Finance::Quote version 1.49.

LOTS OF THESE:
(gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:50:59.099: Negative content width
-2147483648 (allocation -2147483648, extents 0x0) while allocating gadget
(node progress, owner GtkProgressBar)

(gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:50:59.099: Drawing a gadget with negative
dimensions. Did you forget to allocate a size? (node progress owner
GtkProgressBar)

(gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:50:59.164: Negative content width
-2147483648 (allocation -2147483648, extents 0x0) while allocating gadget
(node progress, owner GtkProgressBar)

(gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:50:59.165: Drawing a gadget with negative
dimensions. Did you forget to allocate a size? (node progress owner
GtkProgressBar)

Anyway, THANKS AGAIN.
Steve Conley




On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:58 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> In addition to David's suggestions, here's one to get debug logs.
>
> In flatpak the log file is not generated by default (due to some internal
> conflicts in the sandbox wrt where gnucash wants to write the log file).
>
> So if you want to generate the logs add
>
> --logto=<some-file-name-not-in-/tmp>
>
> to you flatpak command.
>
> The filename can be either 'stdout' to print directly to your console
> window or any file path that's not in /tmp, for example
> "$HOME/gnucash.trace"
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
> Op maandag 17 januari 2022 22:12:31 CET schreef Steve Conley:
>
> > I have been trying for 5 days now to chunk Quicken and start using
> gnucash.
>
> > ANY CLUES will be sincerely appreciated.
>
> >
>
> > The immediate problem I am trying to solve:
>
> > Quicken export to qif of accounts/categories "seems" to complete - but
>
> > nothing visible in gnucash.
>
> > Quicken export to qif of tranactions seems to work also.  (large).
>
> >
>
> > *But gnucash import of even a limited qif data to 2001, gets to the final
>
> > import stage and gnucash dies with no error.  Sometime in late QIF
> import -
>
> > before matching step.*
>
> >
>
> > Naturally I try to get a debug log but the ONLY way I was able to make
>
> > anything happen was
>
> >
>
> > (I pulled the startup command from the .desktop entry):
>
> > /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gnucash
>
> > --file-forwarding org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug
>
> > (and added --debug)
>
> >
>
> > This does not put a trace/debug file anywhere I can find. Definitely not
> in
>
> > /tmp.
>
> >
>
> > I next tried specifying the logto option with /tmp/gnucash.trace or
>
> > ~/gnucash.trace
>
> > The trace goes neither place.
>
> >
>
> > Running this:
>
> > /usr/bin/flatpak run --command=gnucash --file-forwarding
>
> > org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug gcashdata_3.gnucash
>
> >
>
> > (I had to remove the branch and arch options that are in the desktop
> entry
>
> > (which I copied from above) to even get his outputof warnings)
>
> >
>
> > and then doing the qif import, results in about 40 lines of:
>
> > (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Negative content width
> -2147483648
>
> > .... while allocating gadget (node progress, owner GtkProgressBar)
>
> > and
>
> > (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Drawing a gadget with negative
>
> > dimensions. did you forget to allocate a size? (node progress, owner
>
> > GtkProgressBar)
>
> >
>
> > Whether this results in the actual crash, I have no idea.
>
> >
>
> > OTHER BACKGROUND ON WAY TO HERE ...
>
> >
>
> > Whenever gnucash is started, I get the Gtk messages as follows:
>
> > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
>
> > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
>
> > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
>
> >
>
> > I tried all manner of suggestions of loading appmenu-gtk/2/3 and
>
> > libcanberra-gtk/2/3 etcand reinstalling each. all said they were
> installed
>
> > and all re-installs also completed without error.
>
> > But did not get rid of the messge.
>
> >
>
> > The machine is a core-i3 with 4GB of RAM and a large drive - so space
>
> > should not be an issue.
>
> > But it is an Inspiron 13 - set at 1080p resoultion.
>
> >
>
> > Why GNCash ...
>
> > I like what I see and have read the pdfs of documentation and played
> around
>
> > with examples.
>
> > (BTW, I am a 49 year - before retiring veteran of computer science with a
>
> > PhD in Comp Sci and Electronics.  I have 6 Xubuntu Linux machines at
> home
>
> > in addition to a couple of hated Win10 achines.)
>
> >
>
> > So I have 23 years of history in my Quicken data.
>
> > I have run the Quicken Repair options, and they say all is well.
>
> >
>
> > Quicken (latest) export to qxf crashes.    So I can't try gnucash import
> of
>
> > qxf.
>
> >
>
> > First I am running for this machine Pop!_OS versus Xubuntu as it will be
> my
>
> > wife's and she is better with GUI.
>
> > AND I have ordered a System76 Pop!_OS laptop to replace my failing
> (screen)
>
> > Dell Inspiron 15.
>
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