Also https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/import-qif.html
David On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 16:12 -0500, Steve Conley wrote: > I have been trying for 5 days now to chunk Quicken and start using gnucash. > ANY CLUES will be sincerely appreciated. > > The immediate problem I am trying to solve: > Quicken export to qif of accounts/categories "seems" to complete - but > nothing visible in gnucash. > Quicken export to qif of tranactions seems to work also. (large). > > *But gnucash import of even a limited qif data to 2001, gets to the final > import stage and gnucash dies with no error. Sometime in late QIF import - > before matching step.* > > Naturally I try to get a debug log but the ONLY way I was able to make > anything happen was > > (I pulled the startup command from the .desktop entry): > /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gnucash > --file-forwarding org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug > (and added --debug) > > This does not put a trace/debug file anywhere I can find. Definitely not in > /tmp. > > I next tried specifying the logto option with /tmp/gnucash.trace or > ~/gnucash.trace > The trace goes neither place. > > Running this: > /usr/bin/flatpak run --command=gnucash --file-forwarding > org.gnucash.GnuCash --debug gcashdata_3.gnucash > > (I had to remove the branch and arch options that are in the desktop entry > (which I copied from above) to even get his outputof warnings) > > and then doing the qif import, results in about 40 lines of: > (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Negative content width -2147483648 > .... while allocating gadget (node progress, owner GtkProgressBar) > and > (gnucash:2): Gtk-WARNING **: timestamp: Drawing a gadget with negative > dimensions. did you forget to allocate a size? (node progress, owner > GtkProgressBar) > > Whether this results in the actual crash, I have no idea. > > OTHER BACKGROUND ON WAY TO HERE ... > > Whenever gnucash is started, I get the Gtk messages as follows: > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" > Gtk-Message: timestamp" Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" > > I tried all manner of suggestions of loading appmenu-gtk/2/3 and > libcanberra-gtk/2/3 etcand reinstalling each. all said they were installed > and all re-installs also completed without error. > But did not get rid of the messge. > > The machine is a core-i3 with 4GB of RAM and a large drive - so space > should not be an issue. > But it is an Inspiron 13 - set at 1080p resoultion. > > Why GNCash ... > I like what I see and have read the pdfs of documentation and played around > with examples. > (BTW, I am a 49 year - before retiring veteran of computer science with a > PhD in Comp Sci and Electronics. I have 6 Xubuntu Linux machines at home > in addition to a couple of hated Win10 achines.) > > So I have 23 years of history in my Quicken data. > I have run the Quicken Repair options, and they say all is well. > > Quicken (latest) export to qxf crashes. So I can't try gnucash import of > qxf. > > First I am running for this machine Pop!_OS versus Xubuntu as it will be my > wife's and she is better with GUI. > AND I have ordered a System76 Pop!_OS laptop to replace my failing (screen) > Dell Inspiron 15. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
