The bug was if you closed the window with X or made selections on the popup window for auto-save.
If you manually saved or let auto-save run, it worked as expected. On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 10:58 AM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not use ctrl-s. Where does that shortcut fall with the bug in > release 4.10? > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 8:16 AM Glenn Fowler <gfowl...@outlook.com> wrote: > >> I'm not sure if it applies to this issue but there were issues fixed in >> 4.11 for crashes on Windows when closing without saving first. >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:57 AM Adrien Monteleone < >> adrien.montele...@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. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ 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.
