tab display is degraded, must be opened up in a new window

Bug #769652 reported by todd yarling
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnucash (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnucash

In my Asset Accounts, my main checking account is 'Wells Fargo' . When it is opened in a TAB, the display is the same as the previous tabs, and I cannot see anything that I am typing. I can see the typing in the status bar, but nothing appears to change on the screen.

But, if I open up that tab in its own window, then everything is fine. This just started happening. I tried using an older version of my main gnucash file, but the same thing happened, so it doesn't appear to be anything that I have changed or deleted.

It is hard to explain, but this tab is not drawing on the screen properly, but it works fine in a new window of its own.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnucash 1:2.4.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 23 18:26:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110402)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnucash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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todd yarling (toddyarling) wrote :
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ubuntu_user (ubuntu.user) wrote :

I've confirmed the same problem that was reported above.

I have a "Checking" Account Name under the Accounts tab. When I double click it I see The green banner of column names {Date | Num | Description | Transfer | R| Deposit | Withdrawal | Balance (ignore the '|' between column names - I just used it to separate the names). At the very bottom I see the summary of my account with (Present: $xx Future: $xx: Cleared: $xx Reconciled $xx Projected Minimum: $xx). Here again the $xx, are my amounts. Right above the summary is a cut off $ Grand total: $xx line.

Other than that everything is unchanged as it appears as if the Checking tab wasn't ever opened. In other words everything else on the page shows as if the Accounts tab was the only tab.

What is probably going to make this problem difficult to debug is that I don't see this on all of my accounts. Just this one. I have another account which opens fine in the tab when I double click it. The issue that I am seeing with my "Checking" Account Name is repeatable.

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Ed Corcoran (ed-corcoran) wrote :

I am also having this same problem and the work around of opening the affected tabs in a new window also works for me.
I noticed the problem after I upgraded Ubuntu to 11.04. The first time I opened Gnucash, two of my tabs were affected. I reinstalled Gnucash, but that didn't help.

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Paul Towlson (prtowlson) wrote :

I have had the same problem after installing Ubuntu 11.04. I have another box running kubuntu 11.04 and this does not have the same problem.
There is one account (so far) that when opened does not show the content. Instead, the screen stays as the content of the previous page.

Is there any solution to this?

I suspect that the bug does not lie with gnucash since the problem is not replicated under kubuntu despite being exactly the same version of gnucash:
GnuCash 2.4.2 built from r20253M on 2011-02-14

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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

Confirming because multiple people are hitting this.

I don't get this; but I run Kubuntu.

Is anyone seeing this on anything newer than 11.04?

Changed in gnucash (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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aschmitz (aschmitz-) wrote :

I don't think I had this in 14.04, but now on 14.10, I think I'm running in to it, which is strange. I'm on Gnucash 2.6.3-1build1.

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