data file crashes gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

genericmaillists at gmail.com writes:

> My data file apparently became corrupt between closing it last night 
> and opening it tonight.
>
> Initially gnucash would not open so I started trouble shooting to 
> find the problem. I run Linux so I launched a KDE console and tried 
> to run gnucash. The information dumped to the screen did not reveal 
> anything useful. I tried opening one of the *.xac files.
>
> I have at least been able to get as far as being able to open the 
> data file but as soon as I try to open any of the accounts in the 
> data file, gnucash exists instantly without warning or error 
> message.
>
>>From the file manager I right clicked the data file and selected 
> open with ark. Then I opened the file in the ark window with Kate. 
> all my data is there.
>
> I hope I don't have to manually re-enter all that data in a new 
> file.
>
> Can any one tell me how to recover this data file so I can use it?
>
> Thanks for any help I can get.

What version of GnuCash?
What OS/Distro?
What, if anything, is printed in /tmp/gnucash.trace when you
have a failed load?

Another option is to get a StackTrace?  (See the wiki)

-derek

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