[GNC] Document Link Action Freezes Flatpak GnuCash

[David Carlson]

George,

Just for the record, which Linux distribution is on the machine where you
see this problem?  And which GnuCash distribution does not have the problem?

On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM George Lobay <george at lobay.ca> wrote:

> I'm using the latest Flatpak GnuCash, ver 5.6, on Linux. Everything
> works fine except:
>
> Document linking does not work. I thought it might be a permission
> problem, but GNC does have permission to access the folder that holds
> the documents to be linked, confirmed by Flatseal.
>
> Problem in detail: Right-click on register item, click item "Manage
> Document Link", dialog box opens. Path head is set to the default
> Documents folder, the file selection button says 'none'. All is well so
> far, then click 'none' and then GNC completely freezes (including the
> dialog box), I have to use xkill and restart GNC. Happens every time.
>
> I really thought it was a Flatpak permissions issue but apparently not.
> When I use the non-Flatpak older GNC that comes with my Linux
> distribution, there's no problem.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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David Carlson