GnuCash won't open after transferring data files from one box to another (2)

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 5 July 2010, Ken Heard wrote:
> Maf. King wrote:
> > The LNK and LCK files are created to help ensure that only one person can
> > access the GC data file at any one time.  If GC exits cleanly, they get
> > deleted, but in the event of a crash they are usually left behind - the
> > procedure is to either click "Open Anyway" (if you are sure that there
> > isn't any other instance of GC running), or to go into your accounts
> > subdirectory and delete them manually.
> 
> I am the only user which uses GC.
> 
> > Have you tried disabling the scheduled transaction which runs when you
> > open your data file?
> >
> > The procedure is probably in the wiki, but in summary:
> > open a terminal and type the command
> > gnucash --nofile [enter]
> 
> Did so.
> 
> > then in preferences, scheduled txn section, uncheck something like "run
> > on file start"
> 
> Also did so.
> 
> > then File -> open your data file.
> 
> The data file opened momentarily and GC crashed.  The text returned
> reads as follows:
> 
> ken at SOL:~$ gnucash --nofile
> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> configure time.
> Found Finance::Quote version 1.13
> Segmentation fault
> ken at SOL:~$
> 
> > If you have altered your account structure and there is a SX being
> > auto-created to a non-existant account, it has caused symptoms like you
> > describe before.
> 
> Actually I hadn't.  The account structure had not been changedé
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions.  "Segmentation fault" could mean anything.
> 
> Regards, Ken Heard
> 
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Something in your datafile is clearly upsetting gnucash. Can you open any 
other gnucash file ?

Also, you could try and open the backup files (the ones named 
/home/ken/accounts/ken09/ken09.gnc.<sometimestamp>.xac) from most recent to 
less recent and see where the problem starts.

Geert