[GNC] Gnucash Crash

[Sherlock]

Hi Steve,

If you used Save As, it's possible the PR merged on October 9th may be 
relevant: 
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/commit/9b7b69abb4041565de1fb86dd3b5ae896278c336 


Regards,

Sherlock


On 10/12/25 1:16 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> 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
>>>>