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

Mon Aug 19 21:43:51 EDT 2024

Hello Richard!
I am re-re-replying because I forgot to CC gnucash-user at gnucash.org

I am not sure what you mean by "normally run GnuCash?" I do have the icon in my favorites bar on the left of my screen. I click the icon to run the program.

Screen shot.
https://ibb.co/LPGb6xZ

I did uninstall GnuCash 4.8 and as far as I can tell nothing broke.

I ran flatpak list and it appears I did install it with flatpak. I'm not sure why it shortend the information with ... ...

$ flatpak list
Name Application ID Version Branch Installation
Mesa …orm.GL.default 24.1.3 23.08 system
Mes… …orm.GL.default 24.1.3 23.08-extra system
nvi… …dia-535-183-01 1.4 system
ope… …tform.openh264 2.4.1 2.4.1 system
GNO… …gnome.Platform 46 system
Gnu… …nucash.GnuCash 5.8-unknown-commit (Flathub 5.8) stable systemYar… …heme.Yaru-dark

screen shot of the terminal
https://ibb.co/CKWcQjV

I ran
bash - check with "echo$SHELL"
and got
bash: check: No such file or directory

screen shot
https://ibb.co/99D4SZM

I keep re-reading this and am less confident I understand the directions.
>>> > 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)

Sooooooo. I closed GnuCash. Then ran it and stuff happened and now I can see reports!!! OMG. I am sorry I am stupid.

Then I closed GnuCash and opened it again and the reports don't show up. So I think the instructions were saying to enter
WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash

with the program closed. And use that command to launch GnuCash each time I want to use it. Which appears to work just fine.

Screen shot of success
https://ibb.co/bKQBF5y

Thank you Richard and Bruce!
I am very greatful!
And next time I buy video cards I will buy AMD! ;)

On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 2:18 PM, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> How do you normally run GnuCash? Do you have an icon on Ubuntu?
>
> Most likely, you have installed the flatpack version, and the command is just off. I have GnuCash 5.8 on Ubuntu 22.04LTS and it is flatback (if I did the install, it would install 4.8). I would definitely uninstall the 4.8 version from Ubuntu. It may be worth re-installing the 5.8 GnuCash, which I think was done via flatpak.
>
> You can see what's installed via flatpak by issuing the command "flatpak list". I have org.gnucash.GnuCash listed.
>
> I almost hate to ask this, but the command Bruce gave assumes you are running the default shell (bash - check with "echo $SHELL"). I'm not sure why the run command didn't work properly.
>
> RL
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM Indiana via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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