[GNC] Gnucash Crash

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Sun Oct 12 16:16:28 EDT 2025


OK.  I'll compile and see what happens.


On 10/12/25 13:10, John Ralls wrote:
> Steve,
>
> The reverted commit is the patch for your https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799249 with one change left in. Unless that one change was the problem (and I doubt that it was) your crash on switching files might come back.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>> On Oct 12, 2025, at 12:49 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>> Probably not.  But if you pull source from git and compile yourself then it might be in there.  I just tried to look at github and it said the unicorns where running amok.
>> I did a git pull (since I already had a clone of the git source) and it looks like a couple of changes to that file were included.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/12/25 12:35, Gyle McCollam wrote:
>>> Sorry, I don't follow.  Does that mean if I now were to upgrade to 5.13 (from any download site) it is fixed?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>
>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>
>>> gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Sherlock <sh025622 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2025 2:41 PM
>>> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Gnucash Crash
>>>
>>> Gyle,
>>>
>>> Too late.  John has just reverted the changes made to
>>> gnc-tree-view.account.c from
>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/commit/4c09a0feee698855f095f9729a4856033cbd0522.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sherlock
>>>
>>> On 10/12/25 10:22 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
>>>> I will give it a try.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank You,
>>>>
>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>>
>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>>
>>>> gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Sherlock <sh025622 at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2025 1:38 AM
>>>> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Gnucash Crash
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gyle,
>>>>
>>>> You should file a bug for this issue.
>>>>
>>>> If you're not able, let me know and I'll attempt to file it for you.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Sherlock
>>>>
>>>> On 10/7/25 6:56 PM, Sherlock wrote:
>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>
>>>>> This crash appears to be yet another side effect of https://github.com/
>>>>> Gnucash/gnucash/commit/4c09a0feee698855f095f9729a4856033cbd0522.  The
>>>>> intent of the changes introduced to gnc-tree-view.account.c appear to me
>>>>> to be superfluous so I am tempted to propose reverting the file.
>>>>> Otherwise, I think the g_object_run_dispose() call within
>>>>> gnc_tree_view_account_destroy() should be removed because the subsequent
>>>>> gtk_tree_view_set_model() call attempts to remove the model set in the
>>>>> view.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know which approach you'd prefer and I'll provide a PR.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sherlock
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/6/25 4:26 PM, Sherlock wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Gyle,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am able to reproduce the crash.  I'll investigate issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sherlock
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/1/25 9:58 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm trying to do a reconciliation, but Gnucash keeps closing.  When I
>>>>>>> go to the account and select reconcile, it opens the window, then
>>>>>>> offers to do the interest, but it is already entered.  I click on
>>>>>>> cancel and it goes back to the reconcile info.  When I try to correct
>>>>>>> the ending balance it shuts down.  I tried rebooting. But that does
>>>>>>> not help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm on Windows 11 24h2 and Gnucash 5.13.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a lot of month end work, so I'm going to go back to 5.12 for now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank You,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gyle McCollam
>>>
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