[GNC] GNUCash becoming unusable ..v3.4

[Robert Kesterson]

How is your system memory?  GnuCash loads all the data in memory (even if you use the SQL backend) so it needs some room to breathe.  I have easily ten years of data in my file (and I categorize and track everything at a level that few people would, so I have *lots* of splits), and I don’t experience the slowness or scrolling issues that you mention.  But then I have 32 GB of memory.  The problems you describe sound like what I would expect of memory was low and the system was using swap space a lot. 

> On Feb 1, 2019, at 2:34 AM, Jamestk <davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, there are other small issues creeping in which makes me think the
> program is becoming unstable.
> 
> Example, when browsing the account tree menu the cursor hangs then jumps
> after a delay to where you are pointing, this only happens when there is a
> data file loaded.
> 
> When reconciling an account if auto save starts then it can really take an
> age, i don't tend to time this as go and do something else in between. 
> 
> I generally don't run full ledgers either but selected 'all accounts'' by
> mistake while editing options.
> 
> My guess is the core code is designed for Linux, porting across to Windows
> may not be ideal?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Abrahamson wrote
>> I've been doing reports with python scripts (not an officially supported
>> technique, also requires the backend be sqlite, which is easy).  My
>> reports run in a snap.  That said, maybe I have less data than you.
>> 
>> Jeff Abrahamson
>> http://p27.eu/jeff/
>> http://transport-nantes.com/
>> 
>>> On 01/02/2019 09:07, Jamestk wrote:
>>> *First of all thank you to all of the contributors, devs who have
>>> volunteered
>>> to make GNUCash freely available.  *  
>>> 
>>> That said, I do need to ask if any improvements are likely on the speed
>>> front. Basic reports take 1 - 2 minutes to run, larger ledger reports up
>>> to
>>> 15 minutes. I have tried all of the tweaks mentioned on here but with
>>> little
>>> difference, if any.
>>> 
>>> Its always puzzled me how crunching numbers requires so much time and
>>> resources, its more intensive than rendering images. Changing even the
>>> report title takes the same amount of time, i.e no number crunching? 
>>> 
>>> My set-up isn't complicated, yes accounts go back 10 years but that in
>>> itself is not a large number of transactions overall.
>>> 
>>> Sorry to moan but I need to make a decision about what to do.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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