[GNC] GC 3.11 crashes during "Check & Repair"

Sat Aug 27 21:27:05 EDT 2022

Try the following to get more information.
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows_Debugging
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace
Without more information no-one is going to be able to help much. Also search
the archive from around the 3.0 release date. 

Hopefully you kept a backup of your original file before running 3.8 and only
ran 3.8 on a copy?

David Cousens

On Sat, 2022-08-27 at 21:00 +0200, rsbrux via gnucash-user wrote:
> I installed GC 3.11 on a PC running Windows 10 21H2 and ran "Check & Repair
> All" on my GC 2.6.19 XML file (twice).
> Each time, GnuCash crashed after about half an hour.
> The log files do not contain any warnings or error messages.
> What now?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 7:06 PM
> To: 'gnucash-user at gnucash.org' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
> 
> > > 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:41:33 -0500
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
> Message-ID: <tebb5t$11i9$1 at ciao.gmane.io>
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> 
> Interesting question.
> 
> Perhaps try a 3.x flatpak?
> 
> Otherwise, if you haven't yet jumped from 18.04 to 22.04 maybe an interim stop
> at 20.04 will get you GnuCash 3.x.
> 
> (Can you even go directly from 18.04 to 22.04? I didn't think it would even
> give you the option)
> 
> Be sure to review the Wiki about upgrading. You'll need to run Actions > Check
> & Repair > Check & Repair All at each upgrade of a major version.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> <<
> Thanks for the tips! I came across the Flatpak possibility, but was dissuaded
> by the apparent complexity of the description at:
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak
> 
> David's suggestion:
> > > 
> Another approach to consider is using the 20.04 (focal) live ISO. Just put the
> ISO on a USB and boot from that, then install gnucash in the live environment,
> and using that to convert your gnucash data to version 3. That way you don't
> have to try to install different versions on either 18.04 or 22.04.
> <<
> sounded easier since I had already made a boot disk for Ubuntu Studio 20.04
> LTS.
> Unfortunately, that didn't work.  I was able to boot from the live DVD and
> install GC 3.8.  However, when I tried to run Check & Repair All, following
> your suggestion, it never finished. Check & Repair gives no indication of its
> progress in either 2.16.9 or in 3.8.  The menu bar and toolbar flash
> occasionally while Check & Repair is running, but the only indication that it
> isn't done is that the menu cannot be operated and there is no indication of
> it having finished.  In the live Ubuntu Studio 20.04 environment, the GUI
> would become unresponsive if inactive for as little as 15 minutes, even after
> I disabled all suspend, screen lock and screen saver features, making it
> difficult to just let Check & Repair run as long as necessary.  After that the
> DVD would start working overtime.  I have had a similar problem with the GUI
> becoming unresponsive in my freshly installed US 22.04, but only if I leave it
> idle on the login screen.
> At this point I plan to try installing GC 3.8 on a Windows PC to do the file
> conversion.  Wish me luck!
> 
> ------------------------------
> > > 
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:19:43 -0500
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> Cc: GnuCash List <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
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> 
> It's not me, But if it were, I might do a fresh install rather than upgrade
> twice to get to 22.04.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 3:43 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> <<
> Great minds think alike 😉 That's exactly what I had done!
> 
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> > > 
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:54:30 +0200
> From: "rsbrux" <rsbrux at yahoo.com>
> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
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> 
> P.S. I still have a working Ubuntu 18.04 installation, so I thought I might
> find GnuCash 3.8 in a backport repository.
> 
> However, I have only found it in focal (1:3.8b-1build4) and focal-updates
> (1:3.8b-1ubuntu1).
> 
> What is the difference between 3.8b-1build4 and 3.8b-1ubuntu1?
> 
> Would it be safe to install either of these GC versions in either Ubuntu 18.04
> or 22.04?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> 
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 12:03 PM
> To: 'gnucash-user at gnucash.org' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
> 
>  
> 
> According to https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu, ?GnuCash 4.8 is included in
> Ubuntu 22.04, released April 2022 https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/gnucash?.
> 
> I was running GC 2.6.19 under Ubuntu Studio 18.04 and I have read on this
> mailing list that I will need to migrate to GC v 3.x before I can migrate to
> GC 4.
> 
> I would therefore like to install GC 3.8b. What is the easiest way to do this?
> 
> Is there a repository I can add to Discover that I can pull it (or at least
> some stable 3.x version) from?
> <<
> 
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