Freeze or loop opening file

[Derek Atkins]

Run gnucash --nofile, edit your preferences to turn off autoposting
of scheduled transactions, exit gnucash, then re-run gnucash without
the --nofile option.

Scheduled Transactions are majorly broken.

-derek

PS: you should also upgrade to 1.8.4.

Adam Ek <adamek at mac.com> writes:

> I'm running gnucash 1.8.2 on Mac OS X 10.2. I've been using gnucash
> for  about a month and a half.
> 
> When I launch, the account window comes up, but it is just gray where
> accounts should be listed. The recurring transactions also comes up,
> but it is also gray. It's frozen at that point and nothing else will
> work except for a force quit.
> 
> The log file looks likes it looping on the TiVo repeating transaction
> for June 7.  I've included a sample in the quoted text below. The last
> time I opened gnucash successfully was June 6. Is there a way to
> bypass  repeating transactions while starting gnucash?
> 
> Help?
> 
> > ===== START
> > C
> > 0x39e4b20/0x39e1890
> > 20030611070515	20030611070515	20030607000000
> > Television		TiVo
> > Inc.			n	0/100	0/100	19691231190000
> > C
> > 0x39e4b20/0x39e1970
> > 20030611070515	20030611070515	20030607000000
> > 93530e193b0ae03423ae004dd0dcb627		TiVo
> > Inc.	Monthly Service
> > Fee		n	-1/0	0/100	19691231190000
> > ===== END
> > ===== START
> > ===== END
> > ===== START
> > C
> > 0x39e34d0/0x39e25a0
> > 20030611070515	20030611070515	20030607000000
> > Television		TiVo
> > Inc.			n	0/100	0/100	19691231190000
> > C
> > 0x39e34d0/0x39e2680
> > 20030611070515	20030611070515	20030607000000
> > 93530e193b0ae03423ae004dd0dcb627		TiVo
> > Inc.	Monthly Service
> > Fee		n	-1/0	0/100	19691231190000
> > ===== END
> > ===== START
> > ===== END
> 
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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