Locked Database

[John Rakestraw]

Bob Williams wrote:
> For no apparent reason, Gnucash is now unable to open my database,
> giving the Question:
> 
>        "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for /home/finance/nnn.
>  That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should
>                          not open the database.
>                       What would you like to do?"

It's complaining because it crashed before. Clicking on "open anyway" 
works fine.
> 
> I don't want to take the 'Quit' option, so I click on Open Anyway. The
> database appears to open to the point where I am informed of pending
> scheduled entries, when the whole application immediately closes.

 From the faq (http://gnomesupport.org/wiki/index.php/GnuCashFaq):

***
Q: GnuCash crashes on startup trying to run an SX. How do I fix this?

     A: We're still trying to track down all the various SX problems. 
First, you should make sure you're running the most recent release. 
Second, if you're running the most recent release and still having 
problems you should file a bug report with all the output on your 
terminal (you ARE running gnucash from a terminal, RIGHT???). Third, you 
should backup your data file because the developers may want to see 
portions of it to help track down this problem. Finally, run:

gnucash --nofile

     then turn off the AutoRun option from Edit -> Preferences -> 
Scheduled Transactions . Then exit and restart GnuCash and it should 
open your data file just fine.
***

--John