What, exactly, doesn't happen?  Installation? or startup?

On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 6:39 AM Finbar Mahon via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> I didn't get around to upgrading to 5.10 until today.
>
> Three attempts via Sourceforge haven't worked on my Lenovo Ideapad1 with
> Windows 11.
>
> They appear in the downloads folder but when clicked the delay icon
> sandbox appears and then disappears, and then nothing.
>
> I have 5.9 installed on this PC, with no issues.
>
> Finbar
>
> On 21/12/2024 20:58, Jonathan A. Cohen wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > The crashing happens very quickly, either when opening the file (the
> > application never appears after the splash screen) or soon after when
> > entering a transaction.
> >
> > I have tried uninstalling and installing 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10 and the
> > behavior is the same.
> >
> > The oldest trace file (gnucash.trace.2J8JY2.log) shows modification date
> > 12/14, which based upon this string is after the issue started.  I have
> > enclosed it in case it helps.  I can grab them all and upload if that
> would
> > help.
> >
> > Is there any way to identify the corruption in the file?  And fix it?  Or
> > should I open an older file from before the first crash?  I seem to
> recall
> > that I can then import the log files upto date to redo the transactions.
> > Or will that cause the corruption to reappear.
> >
> > This is a very serious issue, as I use GnuCash to manage my cash flow.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > PS  I wonder if there is a reason that you use the Temp AppDate folder
> > instead of dropping traces into a dedicated folder?  It would seem easier
> > to have them all in one place separate from other files put in there.
> > ________________________
> > Jonathan A. Cohen
> > jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaaroncohen
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >> By happened again do you mean that GnuCash crashed promptly after
> opening
> >> the file? That version of the file is probably dead so use the backups.
> Be
> >> mindful that when you save GnuCash renames the file, adding a timestamp,
> >> then writes a new file with the old name. For example when you save
> >> my_file.gnucash it will be renamed to
> >> my_file.gnucash.20241219141340.gnucash; if you then open that with
> >> File>Open, make changes and save it will rename it to
> >> my_file.gnucash.20241219141340.gnucash.20241219141447.gnucash and so on.
> >> You might want to work from copies with different names to make
> cleaning up
> >> easier.
> >>
> >> It’s very likely that whatever was the original problem in 5.9 persists
> in
> >> 5.10 so you might need to revert to 5.8.
> >>
> >> On Windows we append short random strings to trace files so that
> there’s a
> >> history of them. Can you look through your collection for the last 2
> weeks
> >> and see when those errors started showing up? In the sessions from last
> >> week where the register went blank do the tracefiles show the same
> errors
> >> or different ones?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>> On Dec 19, 2024, at 07:59, Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>> Thanks.  I updated to 5.10 and it happened again.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________
> >>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>> 26 Patriots Drive
> >>> Canton, MA 02021
> >>> 781-929-8204
> >>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>
> >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaaroncohen
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 8:52 AM David Carlson <
> >> david.carlson....@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hopefully one of the developers will find that useful.  Now that
> release
> >>>> 5.10 is out they may have time to look at it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 7:13 AM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag: trn:id
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_handlers_all_gotten_p()] Not
> >> defined
> >>>>> and it should be: trn:id
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()] didn't find all
> >> of
> >>>>> the expected tags in the input
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag: trn:id
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_handlers_all_gotten_p()] Not
> >> defined
> >>>>> and it should be: trn:id
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()] didn't find all
> >> of
> >>>>> the expected tags in the input
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.engine> void
> >>>>> qof_collection_insert_entity(QofCollection*, QofInstance*): assertion
> >>>>> 'col->e_type == ent->e_type' failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.backend.file.sixtp> Tag <trn:id> not allowed in
> >>>>> current context.
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag:
> >> trn:slots
> >>>>> * 13:54:00 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag:
> >> trn:slots
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag:
> >>>>> split:account
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_handlers_all_gotten_p()] Not
> >> defined
> >>>>> and it should be: split:account
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()] didn't find all
> >> of
> >>>>> the expected tags in the input
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.engine> int xaccTransGetSplitIndex(const
> >>>>> Transaction*, const Split*): assertion 'trans && split' failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag:
> >> trn:slots
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [gnc_xml_set_data()] Unhandled tag:
> >>>>> split:reconcile-date
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.io> [dom_tree_generic_parse()]
> gnc_xml_set_data
> >>>>> failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.engine> gboolean
> >>>>> qof_instance_get_destroying(gconstpointer): assertion
> >>>>> 'QOF_IS_INSTANCE(ptr)' failed
> >>>>> * 13:54:01 ERROR <gnc.engine> int xaccTransGetSplitIndex(const
> >>>>> Transaction*, const Split*): assertion 'trans && split' failed
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ________________________
> >>>>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>>>> 26 Patriots Drive
> >>>>> Canton, MA 02021
> >>>>> 781-929-8204
> >>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaaroncohen
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 4:55 PM David Carlson <
> >>>>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Jonathan,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What does the gnucash.trace file under "This PC > OS(C:) > Users >
> >>>>>> [yourusername] > AppData > Local > Temp" report?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That worked for about a day.  Today it failed again.  Starting Gnu
> >>>>>>> Cash, the splash screen shows progress and when it is done, the
> >> application
> >>>>>>> stops.  The event viewer:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Faulting application name: gnucash.exe, version: 5.9.0.0, time
> stamp:
> >>>>>>> 0x66f9947e
> >>>>>>> Faulting module name: libgnc-engine.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time
> >> stamp:
> >>>>>>> 0x66f9919f
> >>>>>>> Exception code: 0xc0000005
> >>>>>>> Fault offset: 0x000be263
> >>>>>>> Faulting process id: 0x0x95B4
> >>>>>>> Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DB517E318B3737
> >>>>>>> Faulting application path: C:\Program Files
> >>>>>>> (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe
> >>>>>>> Faulting module path: C:\Program Files
> >>>>>>> (x86)\gnucash\bin\libgnc-engine.dll
> >>>>>>> Report Id: cae87769-5274-490a-b3a1-bff8175bf36b
> >>>>>>> Faulting package full name:
> >>>>>>> Faulting package-relative application ID:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ________________________
> >>>>>>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>>>>>> 26 Patriots Drive
> >>>>>>> Canton, MA 02021
> >>>>>>> 781-929-8204
> >>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaaroncohen
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:10 AM David Carlson <
> >>>>>>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> That would be something to try.  I had a problem with a different
> >>>>>>>> application where the recommended procedure was to use the Windows
> >>>>>>>> Add/Remove programs feature to remove the program, then REBOOT the
> >> computer
> >>>>>>>> and verify that certain folders had also been removed before
> >> re-installing
> >>>>>>>> the program.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 8:07 AM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I am thinking maybe this got corrupted:  C:\Program Files
> >>>>>>>>> (x86)\gnucash\bin\libgnc-engine.dll
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> When upgrading, I think it does not fully remove all components,
> >> so I
> >>>>>>>>> did a full uninstall and reinstall.  Will monitor for future
> >> problems.
> >>>>>>>>> I anyone thinks I am off-base, please let me know.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ________________________
> >>>>>>>>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> I captured the following from Windows event manager:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting application name: gnucash.exe, version: 5.9.0.0, time
> >>>>>>>>>> stamp: 0x66f9947e
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting module name: libgnc-engine.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time
> >>>>>>>>>> stamp: 0x66f9919f
> >>>>>>>>>> Exception code: 0xc0000005
> >>>>>>>>>> Fault offset: 0x000be263
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting process id: 0x0x9964
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DB5010DDA488C8
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting application path: C:\Program Files
> >>>>>>>>>> (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting module path: C:\Program Files
> >>>>>>>>>> (x86)\gnucash\bin\libgnc-engine.dll
> >>>>>>>>>> Report Id: 3044f93f-b0fe-42c2-9705-e6a0405e0cdb
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting package full name:
> >>>>>>>>>> Faulting package-relative application ID:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> ________________________
> >>>>>>>>>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>>>>>>>>> 26 Patriots Drive
> >>>>>>>>>> Canton, MA 02021
> >>>>>>>>>> 781-929-8204
> >>>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanaaroncohen
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 7:14 PM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, David. I'm not having any resources issues.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> __________________
> >>>>>>>>>>> Jonathan Cohen
> >>>>>>>>>>> +1-781-929-8204
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 6:14 PM David Carlson <
> >>>>>>>>>>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Jonathan,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> One of the possible causes of such behavior is inadequate
> >>>>>>>>>>>> resources.  Are you having issues with other programs,
> >> particularly web
> >>>>>>>>>>>> browsers?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM Jonathan A. Cohen <
> >>>>>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Upgraded to 5.9 last week.  After a few days a behavior
> >> started:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the view
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> would suddenly no longer show the transactions in any
> account.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Save and
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> restart worked.  As the days went on, this behavior happened
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> faster after
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> opening.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, opened GnuCash and got the warning that the file is
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> locked.  Open
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> anyways and the opening proceeded.  But once the program
> start
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> progress bar
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> completed, it disappeared.  The file is locked again.
> Opening
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> wayway does
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> not work.  The program will not open now at all.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried backing out to 5.8 but it still won't open.  Upgrade
> >> back
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> to 5.9
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> same behavior.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows 11.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ________________________
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Jonathan A. Cohen
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> jco...@urgrad.rochester.edu
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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