Enabling scheduled transaction crashes GnuCash

[John Ralls]

On May 22, 2012, at 12:39 AM, DavidS wrote:

> I've been using GnuCash for a couple of years now.  For several months until
> today I have been using Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) with GnuCash 2.4.7.  Because
> of the problem I have been getting I have now upgraded to 2.4.10, but it
> hasn't helped.
> 
> I have a couple of dozen scheduled transactions which all work as they
> should.  I have been trying to add another one, but every time I try to
> enable it by setting the frequency and then click on OK, GnuCash crashes.
> 
> I've compared the options I've ticked and the layout of items on the three
> tabs in the Scheduled Transaction Editor with other scheduled transactions
> which work, and I can't see anything different, abnormal or inconsistent
> about the new transaction.
> 
> I deleted another scheduled transaction in case there was a maximum number
> allowed by GnuCash, but that didn't help either.
> 
> Has anyone else come across anything like this?  What could possibly be
> causing the problem?

Crashing is a bug, so please follow the debugging instructions in the FAQ and file a bug report:
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Something_bad_happened.3B_how_can_I_help_debug.3F
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_think_I_found_a_bug._How_do_I_report_it.3F

Regards,
John Ralls