[Kmymoney-devel] KMyMoney Problems

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi Roger Davis,

on Saturday 29 October 2011 23:20:48 you wrote:

> Clarifications and answers : at each >
> On 10/29/11, Thomas Baumgart<thb at net-bembel.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> on Saturday 29 October 2011 21:49:12 Roger Davis wrote:
> > I have version 1.0.4 under Ubuntu, loaded from Ubuntu Software Center.
> 
> This is a rather old version. KMyMoney 4.6 is the latest stable version.
> How do I upgrade without losing data?  Is there an automatic update I can
> use?  How?
> 
> > 1) QIF is grey under File / Import. Why is this? How do I fix it?
> 
> Hmm, don't know. Could be a problem of 1.0.4 but I honestly don't know.

> This is what I need to import from Quicken, I think?


Yes, did you see Allans response that you need a KMyMoney file to be open (use 
New if you don't have one) before you can import QIF data? That would explain 
why the option is disabled (gray).


> > 2) The handbook won't load because the khelpcenter executable isn't 
> > present.
> 
> The 1.0 manual can be found here:
> http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/online-manual/index.html
> The 4.6 manual can be found here:
> http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/kde4/online-manual/index.html
> But how do I get it to load from the menu?
> 
> > 3) Get Help Online simply loads a new browser instance, no help is shown
> 
> Same as above, how do II get it to load from the menu?

You need to install kfmclient, konqueror and maybe other KDE components on 
your system. Ubuntu is usually a Gnome based distro and it does not have those 
installed by default.


> > 4) I can't get to community help from the opening page, kfmclient isn't 
> > present
> 
> Yes, because you are not having installed basic KDE services.

> How do I get the basic KDE services?  This version is loaded from Ubuntu
> Software Center.

See above: kfmclient, konqueror and since you are using KMyMoney 1.0.4 you 
need the KDE3 versions. I am not sure, if they are still available in a Ubuntu 
repository. I am not a ubuntu expert nor even a user.



> > 5) The link to the website won't work, KFMclient isn't present
> 
> Same as 4)
> Also, same as 4.
> 
> > 6) I can't use the import OFX because it won't allow me to navigate to a
> > USB key
> 
> Is the USB stick mounted?
> I'm not sure how to answer this one.  It's a common USB drive, recognized
> in Ubuntu and Windows.  I think it's a HP - it's not with me right now,
> but it looks just like this (
> http://skyworld-ltd.com/productinfo.asp?id=233 ), only 2gb.  If you mean
> as opposed to a usb connected hard drive, I guess "yes" is correct.


I now see, that my initial question is ambiguous. I meant 'mounted' on an 
operating system level. Of course, the USB key needs to be mounted on the USB 
port (physically connected). But also, it needs to be mounted logically into 
the *NIX filesystem tree. If you can access it using your standard file 
manager, then it is already mounted and you don't have to worry. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_(Unix) contains some background 
information.

Use the same path in KMyMoney as in your file manager. In fact, KMyMoney does 
not know that files reside on a different volume/media due to the simplicity 
of the *NIX filesystem at that point. OFX also is only available if you have 
opened a KMyMoney file before.


> I guess the main thing is to upgrade, but I need a good way to do that
> without losing my data, or having to do a big process now or in the
> future.  Can you help with this?

As long as you keep a good backup of everything you won't loose data. It 
seems, that you haven't loaded too much data into KMyMoney at this point, but 
I am reading my crystal ball here. KMyMoney 4.x can read files written by 
KMyMoney 1.0.x, so there is no need to worry that you cannot upgrade.

To get some information/help on how to upgrade, I suggest you take a look at 
our forum at http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=69 . For example,
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=18719&sid=69b120067628a4b9916dad676052b857 
contains some pointers to those newer packages. If you still have questions, 
please feel free to ask here or there.


p.s. If you would do me/us a favor, please turn off HTML mails (they are a 
security risk and thus turned off here) or at least turn on alternative text 
format.

Also, you should always respond to the mailing list and not individuals only. 
Thus everyone stays informed and a lot more people can answer and help you.

TIA and have a nice weekend.


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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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