[Gramps-users] opening new database

[Albert W. <alb...@co...>]

Hi, All.
I just installed GRAMPS 2.0.11-2 using Synaptic Package Manager in 
Ubuntu 6.0.6 (Python 2.4.3).  Creating my first database went OK. 
However, when I went back to reopen that closed database I encountered 
the following:
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In a terminal, I asked for help
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# ~
# gramps --help
Usage: gramps.py [OPTION...]
   --load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,...     Dynamic modules to load

Help options
   -?, --help                             Show this help message
   --usage                                Display brief usage message

Application options
   -O, --open=FILENAME                    Open file
   -i, --import=FILENAME                  Import file
   -o, --output=FILENAME                  Write file
   -f, --format=FORMAT                    Specify format
   -a, --action=ACTION                    Specify action
   -p, --options=OPTIONS_STRING           Specify options

Bonobo activation Support
   --oaf-ior-fd=FD                        File descriptor to print IOR on
   --oaf-activate-iid=IID                 IID to activate
   --oaf-private                          Prevent registering of server 
with OAF

GNOME GConf Support

GNOME Library
   --disable-sound                        Disable sound server usage
   --enable-sound                         Enable sound server usage
   --espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT               Host:port on which the sound 
server
                                          to use is running
   --version                              2.14.1

GTK+
   --gdk-debug=FLAGS                      Gdk debugging flags to set
   --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS                   Gdk debugging flags to unset
   --display=DISPLAY                      X display to use
   --screen=SCREEN                        X screen to use
   --sync                                 Make X calls synchronous
   --name=NAME                            Program name as used by the window
                                          manager
   --class=CLASS                          Program class as used by the 
window
                                          manager
   --gtk-debug=FLAGS                      Gtk+ debugging flags to set
   --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS                   Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
   --g-fatal-warnings                     Make all warnings fatal
   --gtk-module=MODULE                    Load an additional Gtk module

Session management
   --sm-client-id=ID                      Specify session management ID
   --sm-config-prefix=PREFIX              Specify prefix of saved 
configuration
   --sm-disable                           Disable connection to session 
manager

GNOME GUI Library
   --disable-crash-dialog                 Disable Crash Dialog

GNOME Library
   --disable-sound                        Disable sound server usage
   --enable-sound                         Enable sound server usage
   --espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT               Host:port on which the sound 
server
                                          to use is running
   --version                              2.14.1
# ~

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When I attempted to follow that help...
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# gramps.py -O myfamily.grdb
bash: gramps.py: command not found
# ~
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So I guessed...
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# gramps myfamily.grdb
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...and received the following error message and file type error dialog
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Trying to open: myfamily.grdb ...
Unknown file type: application/x-extension-grdb
============= file type error dialog ==============
Could not open file: /home/butch/myfamily.grdb
File type "application/x-extension-grdb" is unknown to GRAMPS.
Valid types are: GRAMPS database, GRAMPS XML, GRAMPS
package, and GEDCOM.
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Exiting...
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Of course, what are listed as file types are not valid file types at all 
in Gnome
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# ~
#
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I then attempted to invoke GRAMPS from the menu:
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Applications->Office->GRAMPS Genealogy System

Which yielded the "Open a Database" dialog"

Open recent file:  myfamily.grdb
     dialog flashes; nothing else happens.

Open an existing database:
     open database dialog; selecting and opening myfamily.grdb with 
"automatically detected" selected in file type list yields same error 
dialog as when in terminal.

Only way to open is from menu, open database dialog, selecting and 
opening myfamily.grdb AND with "GRAMPS(grdb)" selected in file type list.
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I assume that these discrepancies between documentation, interface and 
actual behaviour are being addressed.