[GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

[Geoff]

[Apologies to David T for diverting this thread.]

FYI my main data file is 36MB on disc (XML format) and GnuCash has 85MB 
of RAM allocated when I open it.  It typically takes about 15 seconds to 
start up and open, and about 3 seconds to save to disc (SATA SSD).

Windows 10, 8GB RAM, Intel i7-3770 CPU, 10+ years old hardware.

GnuCash 4.8, not crashing.

Geoff
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On 20/07/2022 6:27 am, David Carlson wrote:
> My data file is so big that it seems to tie up 1.5 gigs of Ram or more when
> open, so most of my computers cannot run a web browser simultaneously with
> GnuCash without using swap space and grinding down to a crawl.  Even on my
> highest performance machines it takes several seconds to save but I usually
> do it before starting any activity that will take more than a few minutes.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:43 PM David T. via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
>> Adrien,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions.
>>
>> It would seem to me that Finish/Ctrl-S is pretty reduced.
>>
>> I currently have about 12 tabs open. 10 registers, the CoA, and one report
>> (granted, it's a multicolumn report).
>>
>> Saving after every edit is a remarkably annoying idea, especially given
>> how long each save takes. I won't be doing that.
>>
>> As for a backup, I'm not sure why I'd go to a backup. The problem doesn't
>> always happen, so I don't believe it's a problem with data corruption. I'm
>> trying to move forward with my books, not backward.
>>
>> Nothing is holding me back from 4.11.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On July 19, 2022 3:57:55 PM GMT+03:00, 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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