[GNC] Gnucash Frozen

Abe Sternberg abe.h.sternberg at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 17:06:06 EDT 2024


Murugan,

Thanks for the suggestions.  I tried them both and didn't make any 
progress.  Then I tried the obvious and opened the immediately preceding 
.gnucash file.  This file worked fine.  All I have to do is re-enter the 
entries I made, not a big project.

Abe

On 3/27/2024 14:57, Murugan Muruganandam wrote:
> couple of trials you can do
>
> 1.
>     check the last log file and open it and see if it is allowing you
>     to enter , if so you have re enter the last bit of transactions
> 2.
>     other way is, copy the file to a different directly in windows and
>     try opening it
>
>
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales
>
>
> Murugan
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* gnucash-user 
> <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail.com at gnucash.org> on 
> behalf of Abe Sternberg <abe.h.sternberg at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 27, 2024 2:58 PM
> *To:* adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>; 
> gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Gnucash Frozen
> Gnucash is 5.0 and Windows 11 Home, 23H2.  Single monitor and no "ghost"
> monitor.
>
> Do you think I should go back to an earlier file?
> Abe
>
> On 3/27/2024 12:52, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> > Anytime you have a problem, please report the GnuCash version and
> > Operating System you are using.
> >
> > As for the issue at hand, my first guess is a hidden window has input
> > control, but your OS allows you to scroll other 'background' windows.
> > (I know MacOS and some Linux distributions can do this, not sure of
> > Windows)
> >
> > How to discover if another GnuCash window/dialog has control, but is
> > simply overlaid by the main window, or is otherwise hidden, will
> > depend on your OS and setup. Another possibility, is if you are using
> > multi-monitor setup, the other window could be on another monitor, or
> > *think* it is on another monitor that isn't on/connected.
> >
> > Of course, all of the above is just a guess. We need more info.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 3/27/24 10:11 AM, Abe Sternberg wrote:
> >> I've got myself into a pickle and have no idea how it happened or how
> >> to fix it. Gnucash has one file for my non-profit and one for my
> >> personal expenses.  The personal expenses file is working fine, my
> >> non--profit displays correctly but will not take any input at all.
> >>
> >> The cursor moves up and down the register and that is all - no data
> >> entry, none of the actions work, etc.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any idea on what I did and how to fix it?
> >
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