gnucash won't open

[houndhen]

Maf. King wrote:
> 
> On Friday 30 October 2009 17:41:15 houndhen wrote:
>> Maf. King wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Harold
>> >
>> > Do you have scheduled transactions (SX) which auto-run?
>> >
>> > If so, one of these may be causing your problem.
>> > Start GC with the --nofile option, edit the prefs to disable
>> auto-running
>> > of
>> > SXes, File->Open your data file and see if there is an SX due to run
>> > today,
>> > and try to figure out what is wrong with it (changed one of the
>> > accounts?)
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Maf.
>> >
>>
>> Here is what I got. A new blank file opened and when I closed it the
>> Found
>> Finance::Quote version 1.13 was the output.
>>
>> gnucash --nofile
>> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
>> configure time.
>>
>> Found Finance::Quote version 1.13
>> gwenhywfar-INFO: plugin.c:  577: Plugin type "ct" unregistered
>> gwenhywfar-INFO: plugin.c:  577: Plugin type "dbio" unregistered
>>
>>
>> Not sure I am using this forum correctly. It is quite different from what
>> I
>> have used in the past.
>>
>> Harold
> 
> Hi Harold.
> 
> You seem to be OK using the forum - it is for asking questions about using
> GC 
> & general accounting, so you seem to qualify there!
> 
> Do you have auto-running SXes or not? - you seem to have done the first
> stage 
> of what I suggested, but not the subsequent steps.
> 
> I'll re-list my suggestion, in a slightly more verbose way.
> 
> At a console, run the command  (without quotes) "gnucash --nofile"
>  - you shouldn't get a new file, but a GC window with *NO* file.
> 
> Go Edit->preferences -> Scheduled Transactions [tab] -> uncheck Run when
> data 
> file opened.   Hit Close.
> 
> Go File -> Open ... [your data file] or use the recently-opened list under 
> File.
> 
> Does your data file load OK?
> 
> If so, look at what SXes may have been due to auto run, and see if you can
> see 
> anything amiss.
> 
> HTH,
> Maf.
> 
> 
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I unchecked 'Run when data file opened.' and then closed. I went File->Open
[my datafile] and it didn't open. 
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