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 < [email protected]> 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 > [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.
