Re: [GNC] Gnucash on Dropbox

2021-07-23 Thread Bob Crochelt
Hi, I have a setup similar to yours.  gnucash folder is on Dropbox. I can only have gnucash open on one machine at a time.  Otherwise it complains about the lock file.  But if I only have it open on one machine, all is well. Not sure this will help... Bob Crochelt On 7/22/21 7:54 PM, David

Re: [GNC] Gnucash on Dropbox

2021-07-22 Thread David Cousens
Walt, I have the same configuration using Dropbox with multiple Linux devices accessing the Dropbox. One limitation is that a free Dropbox account now limits you to a maximum of three devices signed into the account. IF you also use your dropbox with other devices that may be blocking it from sync

Re: [GNC] Gnucash on Dropbox

2021-07-22 Thread Glenn Fowler
Hi, The .LCK will appear in the same directory as the data file. Make sure you same whole directory is synced on both computers and then point to it in GnuCash with File > Open to make sure it's correct. On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:35 PM Walt Haas wrote: > I have GnuCash installed on two Linux com

[GNC] Gnucash on Dropbox

2021-07-22 Thread Walt Haas
I have GnuCash installed on two Linux computers, with the account files and logs in a Dropbox folder.  In both cases GnuCash was installed from the repo.  It has worked fine for years on one computer.  When I start GnuCash on the other, I get the message "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for .