Griffin / Bueller ? None of your screen shots made it to the mailing list - you have to attach them to an email not paste them in-line. You don't have to delete the lock file manually, you should be able to click on open anyway if the lock file is present and Gnucash will open anyway :-)
Cheers David H. On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 at 11:26, Griffin <grif...@bernevyl.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to reconcile accounts that have got way behind. They are > stock (options) trades that might have been entered before I understood > how trading accounts should be setup. > > When I view the register for the account, I notice some of the records > display a box with a square in it, in the top left corner of both the > deposit and the Withdrawal field. When I tab through the deposit and the > withdrawal fields as the focus leaves the withdrawal field, a dialog > pops saying the transaction needs to be rebalanced. > > The transaction split looks like this. You can see the box with a cross > in it > > As I don't know what needs to be balanced I click on "Let GnuCash add an > adjusting split", and I click <Rebalance>. > > The transaction split, then looks like this. > > As I move onto the next transaction, and follow the exact same steps, > after clicking on <Rebalance>, there is a pause of 1 to 2 seconds, > following which GnuCash silently crashes. > > When I reopen GnuCash I am presented with cannot get a lock popup > > I can delete the file 2024 Accounts.gnucash.LCK to restart GnuCash. > > Nothing has been changed of course, and there was no time to save > anything. Some times Even the first try ends abnormally. > > Any ideas, anyone, Bueller… anyone? > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.