Gnucash crashes while loading an existing file

Carl Moller cmoller at ece.ualberta.ca
Tue Jul 24 15:17:06 EDT 2007


Derek Atkins wrote:
> Carl Moller <cmoller at ece.ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> Remove this file:
>
>   
>> ""/home/carl/.gnucash/books/%2Fhome%2Fcarl%2FFinancial%2FGnuCash%2FOLD%2FHome+Finances"
>>     
>
> Actually, you should make a backup copy of this file before you remove
> it (and maybe even create a bug report and supply this file as an
> attachment).  It's a metadata file from 1.8.x and apparently causing
> gnucash to break.
>
> -derek
>
>   
Well, this did fix the problem. But I unfortunately forgot to make a 
backup of the file...next time I guess. Just out of curiosity, from the 
data I provided you, how did you determine what the problem was?

Thanks again.

carl


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