If you check the other thread on this user maillist, you will find more information.
In the meantime the simplest work-around is to log in to your favorite finance website, get the prices that you need and manually enter them in to GnuCash. I am not happy about that either. David C On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Hi, > This is a known error that just started 2 days ago when Yahoo discontinued > their quote service. > There is no current workaround except finding another quote source for > your stocks. > Moreover, this is an F::Q issue, not a gnucash issue. > Thanks, > > -derek > > On Fri, November 3, 2017 2:46 pm, tom wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm on Debian testing and had just recently updated my system, to which > > I get the message: > > "There was an unknown error while retrieving the price quotes" > > > > $ gnucash --debug > > Found Finance::Quote version 1.38 > > > > $ gnucash -v > > GnuCash 2.6.15 > > This copy was built from rev 1ef17e6+ on 2016-12-21. > > > > $gnc-fq-dump -v yahoo GILD > > No results found for stock GILD. > > > > $ gnc-fq-dump morningstar GILD > > Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: > > symbol: GILD (deduced) <=== required > > date: ** missing ** <=== recommended > > currency: ** missing ** <=== required > > last: <=\ > > nav: <=== one of these > > price: <=/ > > timezone: <=== optional > > > > ** This stock quote cannot be used by GnuCash! > > > > Any advice for a fix would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks ! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
