archived versions?

[Malcolm Chaires]

I found two places where it tells you how to get a trace file. 



This one ( http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace )  says: " If you have been asked to provide a stack trace, but you are using GnuCash on Windows only and feel too unfamiliar with gdb debugging, please respond along the lines of ' I'm sorry, but I encountered this problem only on Windows and I am not familiar enough with gdb on Windows to obtain stack traces there'" . I am not familiar enough with gdb ... 


And this one ( http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile ) says: "On Windows, these files are located in the folder c:\Documents and Settings\myname\Local Settings\Temp\gnucash.trace.ABCDEF for a user named "myname" (on Vista in C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Temp ), where the .ABCDEF suffix is changed randomly on each start of gnucash." 


In my Vista configuration, there are no files matching the named pattern. The only thing that remotely looks like it may belong to gnuCash is a directory under AppData\Local\Temp named gconfd-MYNAME . This directroy is empty. But if you launch gnuCash, a directory named lock will suddenly appear under gconfd-MY NAME, and under that a file named ior. The content of the file is a series of numbers as I recall, about 30 - 40 bytes long.  The lock directory and it's file will disappear after about 20 seconds. 



Does this help? Should I post the file contents (can't now; not at home)? 



What about archived Windows install executables? 





----- Original Message -----


From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> 
To: "Malcolm Chaires" <mchaires at comcast.net> 
Cc: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>, "Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:28:54 PM 
Subject: Re: archived versions? 

Hi Malcolm, 

Am 10.10.2012 20:17, schrieb Maf. King: 
> On Wed 10 October 12 17:01:15 Malcolm Chaires wrote: 
>> I've been trying to upgrade from v 2.4.6 to v 2.4.11 on Windows Vista 
>> without success. When I launch gnuCash, the splash screen appears briefly 
>> then nothing. I've tried everything I know but my only recourse now is to 
>> fall back to a version I can get to work. The web site seems to only have a 
>> download link for the current version. Do you archive Windows install 
>> executables for prior versions? 
> 
> Hi Malcolm. 
> 
> Not answering this question directly, but in relation to the earlier question 
> you raised, is there any info put in the trace file when GC crashes on 
> startup? (finding the trace file is described in the FAQ somewhere) 
> 
> I don't use MS Windows, and don't know any more about where to find or install 
> any version of GC for that OS, but posting the contents of a trace file may 
> allow insight from the gurus that stop by here every so often! 
> 
> Maf. 

You will find some details around 
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Something_bad_happened.3B_how_can_I_help_debug.3F 

Frank