gnucash won't open

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting houndhen <hh6199 at yahoo.com>:

>
> Did a search but didn't see anything that solved my problem.
>
> I got the message about it could not get a lock on the database and I told
> it to open anyway and that didn't help. Then I went to my home page where
> the database is kept and deleted the LCK and LNK files that are zero bites.
> Now it acts like it is going to open but it doesn't. I can see the activity
> in the bar at the bottom before it opens but then it goes away. Now it is
> back to not gettting a lock on the file. I clicked on "open anyway" but
> nothing happens. I just tried to open it from the console and after clicking
> on "open anyway" I get the message 'Segmentation fault'.
>
> I am running Mepis 8 and Gnucash 2.2.6-2 version. I was just using it last
> night with no problems. How do I get it to open?

A SEGV means the app is crashing.  Run it under GDB and get a Stack Trace.
See http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace

> Thanks
> Harold

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-derek

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