[GNC] Printable invoice tab/screen does not display the invoice to be printed

Mon Aug 19 13:27:24 EDT 2024

Hello Bruce!

I do not recall how I was able to install GnuCash 5.8 onto Ubuntu. How would I check?
When I enter
WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash

I get

Command 'run' not found, did you mean:
command 'rue' from snap darkdimension-rue (1.0.7)
command 'bun' from snap bun-js (1.1.24)
command 'runq' from deb exim4-daemon-heavy (4.95-4ubuntu2.6)
command 'runq' from deb exim4-daemon-light (4.95-4ubuntu2.6)
command 'runq' from deb sendmail-bin (8.15.2-22ubuntu3)
command 'runc' from deb runc (1.1.12-0ubuntu2~22.04.1)
command 'runc' from deb golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev (1.1.7-0ubuntu1~22.04.5)
command 'grun' from deb grun (0.9.3+git20200303-1)
command 'crun' from deb crun (0.17+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1)
command 'zun' from deb python3-zunclient (4.4.0-0ubuntu1)
command 'rn' from deb trn4 (4.0-test77-14)
command 'zrun' from deb moreutils (0.66-1)
command 'rup' from deb rstat-client (4.0.1-11)
command 'srun' from deb slurm-client (21.08.5-2ubuntu1)See 'snap info <snapname>' for additional versions.

It did not work, or I typed it wrong?

Thank you for the reply.

On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 1:14 PM, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you install GnuCash from flat pack? If so, did you follow Charlie's suggestion for running from flat pack?
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 1:02 PM Indiana via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> I was wrong. None of that worked. I had installed version 4.8 and it worked with 4.8. After uninstalling version 4.8 version 5.8 is still not displaying reports.
>> Running
>> WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 gnucash
>> results in
>> Command 'gnucash' not found, but can be installed with:
>> sudo apt install gnucash
>> and running
>> sudo apt install gnucash
>> results in a fresh installation of version 4.8
>>
>> Does anyone have any other suggestions?
>>
>> I have two Nvidia TitanX cards in my PC.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
>>
>> On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 12:48 PM, Indiana <gividen at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Charlie.
>>>
>>> I ran
>>> WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 gnucash
>>> and the invoice became viewable!!! Thank you!
>>> I then ran
>>> WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1
>>> and I got
>>> command not found
>>>
>>> Here is a video screen capture of what I did.
>>> https://rumble.com/v5bkf91-gnucash-not-displaying-reports-solution.html
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 12:06 PM, Charlie Morrison sail43 at bellsouth.net wrote:
>>>
>>> > To add to Bruce's answer, if you use Linux, there can be an issue with
>>> > webkitgtk that can result in blank reports. Starting Gnucash with
>>> > compositing disabled for webkitgtk will usually fix the blank report
>>> > problem. Use the following command in a terminal to start Gnucash and
>>> > see if the problem is corrected:
>>> >
>>> > WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 gnucash
>>> >
>>> > (Or WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash if
>>> > you use flatpak)
>>> >
>>> > If that allows you to see the reports, then setting the environmental
>>> > variable "WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1" will fix it.
>>> >
>>> > On 8/19/24 10:50 AM, Bruce Griffis wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I run Ubuntu 24.04 on my desktop and have an NVidia card. I could not
>>> > > display reports in GnuCash. Worked fine on my Win11 laptop. Folks on
>>> > > this list gave me the following instructions:
>>> > >
>>> > > To start Gnucash in Ubuntu with an NVidia card, open Terminal
>>> > > application and enter:
>>> > >
>>> > > WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 gnucash
>>> > >
>>> > > Hope it works for you.
>>> > >
>>> > > Bruce
>>> > >
>>> > > On 8/19/24 11:33, Indiana via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > Thank you for the reply. Invoice number field is selected... I
>>> > > > think. Other reports appear to show up blank as well.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > https://rumble.com/v5bk3a3-gnucash-printable-invoice-and-other-reports-displaying-blank-screens.html
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Short video screen capture of me showing the problem.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Where do you suggest I look for the display driver workaround? What
>>> > > > search terms should I use?
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Thank you for your help Adrien.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 10:45 AM, Adrien Monteleone
>>> > > > adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > > Hmm...I can't duplicate this. (on MacOS)
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > With the blank report up, click the Options button on the toolbar and
>>> > > > > then go to the General tab.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > In the Invoice Number field, is there one selected, or is it blank?
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > What happens if you click the Select button for that field and choose
>>> > > > > that invoice? (or any invoice)
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Do other reports also show up blank? (There was, I think, a bug on this
>>> > > > > problem on Linux, but it was a previous version of GnuCash. I'm not
>>> > > > > sure
>>> > > > > if it was fixed. I think there was a display driver workaround though.)
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Regards,
>>> > > > > Adrien
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > On 8/19/24 8:23 AM, Indiana via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > > I created an invoice. Clicked "enter." Then I clicked "print
>>> > > > > > invoice." Then a new tab appeared that said "printable invoice." My
>>> > > > > > problem is that the invoice is not showing up in the new tab.
>>> > > > >
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