3.0 had a number of significant bugs, though I don't know if that is one of them. You should upgrade to 3.7 if possible
Colin On Tue, 8 Oct 2019, 12:23 David Mills, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using GNU cash for years and have loved it. > > I recently upgraded my Linux from OpenSUSE 42.3 to Leap 15.1. From memory > I was on GnuCash 2.6. Now on 3.0-lp151.2.57 > > When I open an existing file (from the past release) and resave, the saved > file gets an error when opening. The message is "There was an error > parsing the file ..." > > Luckily I have a copy of the previous version. > > The file is quite large: 1.9 MB as a gnucash file and 26MB once unzipped. > > I have a second set of books (a different entity) that is much smaller (643 > KB) and with it I can save and re-open. > > I tried opening the old copy of the large file again, running a Check and > repair and then saving. The result is the same - it won't open. > > I have installed release 3.7 on a VirtualBox Windows 10 host and it is able > to load, save and re-open the files that won't open on the OpenSUSE 3.0 > version. > > Is there some way to resolve the issue on Linux so that I don't have to run > VirtualBox to update my accounting? > > Cheers, > > David. > > -- > Mob: +61-4-11513404 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
