GnuCash could not obtain the lock for /home/tim/GnuCash/timsaccount

[timzak]

Thank you very much.  I'm back up and running again.


Donald Allen wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM, timzak <tzakharov at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> I just received this message this morning when trying to open GnuCash. 
>> It
>> says the "database may be in use by another user, in which case you
>> should
>> not open the database.  What would you like to do?"
>>
>> I have only one user on my computer:  me.  If I select "Open Anyway",
>> GnuCash acts as if it is loading, then shuts down.  I'm a little panicky
>> here, is there a way to get my GnuCash files back?
> 
> First, you can stop panicking. Gnucash does a good job of providing
> backup files, so the chances of recovering from this without losing
> anything are quite good.
> 
> Normally, the message you are receiving is caused by forgetting to
> quit from gnucash before shutting your system down. But, selecting
> 'open anyway' usually just works, so you did the right thing. But it's
> not "just working" (it sounds like either a bug in gnucash or some
> file has gotten corrupted), so time for Plan B. If you go to
> /home/tim/Gnucash, you'll see that there are a number of
> timsaccount.<long number>.xac files. Display the directory sorted in
> descending chronological order (ls -lt would do it in a terminal
> window). There will also probably be timsaccount.<long number>.log
> files that are newer than the newest .xac file. So start gnucash as
> you normally do, and when you get the dialog with the 'Open Anyway'
> button, choose 'Create New File' instead. Now you'll be in gnucash
> environment without a file. Open the most recent of your .xac files.
> Don't save anything yet. Now, check your directory for .log files that
> are newer than the .xac file you just opened. Go to
> File->Import->Replay log file and replay the .log files newer than the
> .xac, oldest through newest. Then File->Save as to a new directory
> (NOT /home/tim/Gnucash) and maybe call it something else as well, to
> avoid future confusion. If you've done this correctly, you should lose
> none of your work and will have preserved the original directory for
> more analysis by you and/or the gnucash developers (I am not one of
> them).
> 
> Hope this helps ...
> 
> /Don
> 
>>
>> I am using Hardy Heron 8.4.1 Gnome, with the GnuCash version straight
>> from
>> their repository:  2.2.4.
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