[GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 10:58:35 EDT 2022


I do not use ctrl-s.  Where does that shortcut fall with the bug in release
4.10?

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 8:16 AM Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure if it applies to this issue but there were issues fixed in
> 4.11 for crashes on Windows when closing without saving first.
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:57 AM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
> > First, I'd reduce the steps before trying to save as a way of narrowing
> > down the trigger of the crash.
> >
> > If you normally have many tabs open, particularly reports, perhaps
> > consider closing everything but the CoA, and then keep only the register
> > you need at one time.
> >
> > Since it is so easy to do, perhaps saving after each new transaction or
> > edit?
> >
> > Then try reconciling. Then save. (does that reconcile still take longer
> > than usual?)
> >
> > Do you have a backup, or recall at what point your file didn't crash?
> >
> > Anything holding you back from 4.11? I don't see anything particularly
> > noted for solving a crash of this type in the release notes, but perhaps
> > programming fixes were made that *might* avoid this issue.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 7/19/22 7:21 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm running GC4.10 on Win10, and I've been running into numerous
> crashes
> > > in the last few days while trying to catch up on my finances.
> > > Ironically, many of these crashes happen when I attempt to save my
> file.
> > >
> > > My usual workflow when catching up is to open the pdf bank statement
> and
> > > work through it to catch any omitted transactions, which I then enter
> > > into GC. After entering the transactions, I will then perform a
> > > reconcile for the account. Upon completing the reconciliation, I save
> my
> > > file. Over the last two days, GnuCash has crashed several times when I
> > > Ctrl-S at this point to save the file. (When I say crashed, I mean
> > > GnuCash simply disappears from the task bar, and a restart gives the
> > > usual file lock errors). This is, to say the least, frustrating.
> > >
> > > I have checked the trace files for the days in question, but there is
> > > nothing that seemingly refers to the crash. The trace mostly contains
> > > thousands of iterations of:
> > >
> > > * 13:32:51  WARN <qof> [gnc_numeric_to_decimal()] Rounding required
> when
> > > 'never round' specified.
> > >
> > > As for what I might be doing to cause the crashes, I really can't say,
> > > but I wonder if there is a conflict that happens when I click "Finish"
> > > in the reconciliation and then click Ctrl-S shortly after. I have
> > > noticed on my machine that there is a noticeable delay in the program
> > > between when I finish the reconciliation and when the program returns
> > > control to my input. (There's actually noticeable delays in
> *everything*
> > > I do in GnuCash on my machine, which is another issue that may or may
> > > not be related to my machine). I wonder if the software crashes because
> > > Ctrl-S interrupts the reconcile closing process, and leaves something
> > > corrupted.
> >
> >
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