[GNC] Blank reports GnuCash 5.10 - xfce

[Cam Ellison]

On 2025-08-02 09:08, R Losey wrote:
> I don't know if you're running it via flatpak or not (and that may not read
> or inherit your environment.
>
> Which file, precisely? There are some files that are only read for
> interactive shells, meaning that the environment variable is set in your
> terminal, but not for a script (could that be it?)

Based on this email, I found a solution.

In xfce, there is a dropdown that displays icons presented by .desktop 
files, thus: /usr/share/applications/gnucash.desktop. That looks like a 
script to me. However, simply adding the environment command appears to 
cause an error, because doing so results in no icon being displayed.  
What does work is replacing the Exec command in the gnucash.desktop file 
with the following line:

Exec=bash -c  'WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1; gnucash %f'

It appears that xfce relies only on executables, and (thus?) ignores the 
environment.

Thank you to all, you and Charlie in particular.

Cheers

Cam