So , forgive me if this is a basic stupid newbie question, but where do I find the screen driver? Do I look in HP or Ubuntu libraries? --
Cheerio, Graham On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 at 00:36, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that some installations of Debian and Ubuntu (and probably most > other flavors of Linux) default to 600x800 pixels if there is not a good > screen driver installed. The Dell Inspiron may need a non-free driver. > That could cause what Graham is seeing. I thought that GnuCash could deal > with that, but it would not look nice. I am not sure in that case if it > would help to temporarily switch to two line view and drag the right edge > of the Description title leftward to see the Balance. > > David C > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 4:00 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 19:11, Graham Balin <graham.ba...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Sorry guys if there is any misunderstanding here. There is no account >> field >> > or rate field . in the basic ledger view i have >> > date-num-description-transfer-R-receive-spend-balance. >> > Double clicking the Balance header moves it right out of view! >> Description >> > takes up almost the whole screen. >> > This is in basic ledger view for asset accounts but the same thing >> happens >> > with expense and stock accounts as well. Balance is always off screen. >> > >> >> I wonder if there is an issue with how big gnucash thinks the window is. >> I >> don't think you replied to my question asking which version of Ubuntu you >> are using and also why you can't unmaximise the window. You should be >> able >> to make the window any size you like but you said you could not do that. >> >> Colin >> >> >> > >> > Cheerio >> > >> > Graham >> > >> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 10:53 pm GT-I9070 H, <gti90...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Em qui, 16 de ago de 2018 às 13:34, David T. via gnucash-user < >> > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> escreveu: >> > > >> > > > Graham, >> > > > >> > > > If your problem is specifically that the Balance column is too >> narrow, >> > > > then you’ve encountered a Known Idiosyncrasy: the Balance column is >> a >> > > > challenge to resize. In fact, the only way I know to get it to >> resize >> > is >> > > to >> > > > double-click the column heading. This is documented in a note in the >> > > Guide >> > > > at 2.3.3. >> > > > >> > > > David T. >> > > > >> > > >> > > I resize the Balance column with ease by dragging in the header its >> right >> > > divider to the right/left, I can even add/remove the "RATE" field in >> the >> > > records sheets so. >> > > >> > > Regads >> > > GTI >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > gnucash-user mailing list >> > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > > ----- >> > > 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 >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > ----- >> > 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 >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
