I have found that in one instance of of GnuCash 3.8 in a Ubuntu 21.04 laptop and in another instance of GnuCash 3.8 in a virtualbox instance of Linux Lite based, I think, on the same release of Ubuntu, that if the machines are allowed to to develop swap files larger than a few hundred Megs before rebooting, then GnuCash sometimes fails to clear the lock file even when it is closed several minutes before rebooting. I suspect that newer releases of GnuCash may also fail to close the lock file if there is a possibility that they are involved with a swap file. Further, it would be easy to conclude that somehow this is interpreted either accurately or erroneously as depending on whether the program is closed by clicking on the "X" icon or using Alt-F, Q or Ctrl-Q. I also believe that if there happens to be a pending edit left open, it is very easy to overlook the warning in the rush to close GnuCash. That can also prevent clearing the lock file.
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 6:19 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > Using Windows 11 and GnuCash 4.10 > > Also had this issue in an older version. Clicked on the "X" to shut down > and had not saved first. In the dialogue I clicked on Cancel, but it still > shutdown. I expected "Cancel" to cancel the operation (shutdown), am I > wrong. What operation is it canceling? All 3 options have the same > result, They all close the program without saving and upon restart, I got > the message that "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for > C:\Users\*****\OneDrive\Documents\GNUCash\**.gnucash." (see pic 2) "***" > for my specific system names. > > [cid:5ce6c5d0-06c4-4be7-88c9-51e0ab733c10] > > [cid:5082774d-7534-4039-ace7-d5b0d8aa2efa] > > I will try to remember to "Save" first, however when I do forget it is > frustrating that this built in safeguard doesn't work. > > > Thank You, > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > 609.680.2326 Mobile > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.