Try the following to get more information. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows_Debugging https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace Without more information no-one is going to be able to help much. Also search the archive from around the 3.0 release date.
Hopefully you kept a backup of your original file before running 3.8 and only ran 3.8 on a copy? David Cousens On Sat, 2022-08-27 at 21:00 +0200, rsbrux via gnucash-user wrote: > I installed GC 3.11 on a PC running Windows 10 21H2 and ran "Check & Repair > All" on my GC 2.6.19 XML file (twice). > Each time, GnuCash crashed after about half an hour. > The log files do not contain any warnings or error messages. > What now? > > -----Original Message----- > From: rsbrux <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 7:06 PM > To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS > > > > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:41:33 -0500 > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Interesting question. > > Perhaps try a 3.x flatpak? > > Otherwise, if you haven't yet jumped from 18.04 to 22.04 maybe an interim stop > at 20.04 will get you GnuCash 3.x. > > (Can you even go directly from 18.04 to 22.04? I didn't think it would even > give you the option) > > Be sure to review the Wiki about upgrading. You'll need to run Actions > Check > & Repair > Check & Repair All at each upgrade of a major version. > > Regards, > Adrien > << > Thanks for the tips! I came across the Flatpak possibility, but was dissuaded > by the apparent complexity of the description at: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak > > David's suggestion: > > > > Another approach to consider is using the 20.04 (focal) live ISO. Just put the > ISO on a USB and boot from that, then install gnucash in the live environment, > and using that to convert your gnucash data to version 3. That way you don't > have to try to install different versions on either 18.04 or 22.04. > << > sounded easier since I had already made a boot disk for Ubuntu Studio 20.04 > LTS. > Unfortunately, that didn't work. I was able to boot from the live DVD and > install GC 3.8. However, when I tried to run Check & Repair All, following > your suggestion, it never finished. Check & Repair gives no indication of its > progress in either 2.16.9 or in 3.8. The menu bar and toolbar flash > occasionally while Check & Repair is running, but the only indication that it > isn't done is that the menu cannot be operated and there is no indication of > it having finished. In the live Ubuntu Studio 20.04 environment, the GUI > would become unresponsive if inactive for as little as 15 minutes, even after > I disabled all suspend, screen lock and screen saver features, making it > difficult to just let Check & Repair run as long as necessary. After that the > DVD would start working overtime. I have had a similar problem with the GUI > becoming unresponsive in my freshly installed US 22.04, but only if I leave it > idle on the login screen. > At this point I plan to try installing GC 3.8 on a Windows PC to do the file > conversion. Wish me luck! > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:19:43 -0500 > From: David Carlson <[email protected]> > To: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > Cc: GnuCash List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS > Message-ID: > <CADYgSbkUhK4=efjwav2agnpz9rvh4ac5_xvor0steurstn+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > It's not me, But if it were, I might do a fresh install rather than upgrade > twice to get to 22.04. > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 3:43 PM Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> wrote: > << > Great minds think alike 😉 That's exactly what I had done! > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:54:30 +0200 > From: "rsbrux" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS > Message-ID: > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAExfBJ/fSBxAqM7oRtz1TdsBAMO2jhD3dRHOtM0AqgC7tu > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > P.S. I still have a working Ubuntu 18.04 installation, so I thought I might > find GnuCash 3.8 in a backport repository. > > However, I have only found it in focal (1:3.8b-1build4) and focal-updates > (1:3.8b-1ubuntu1). > > What is the difference between 3.8b-1build4 and 3.8b-1ubuntu1? > > Would it be safe to install either of these GC versions in either Ubuntu 18.04 > or 22.04? > > > > > > From: rsbrux <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 12:03 PM > To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > Subject: GnuCash 3 for Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS > > > > According to https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu, ?GnuCash 4.8 is included in > Ubuntu 22.04, released April 2022 https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/gnucash?. > > I was running GC 2.6.19 under Ubuntu Studio 18.04 and I have read on this > mailing list that I will need to migrate to GC v 3.x before I can migrate to > GC 4. > > I would therefore like to install GC 3.8b. What is the easiest way to do this? > > Is there a repository I can add to Discover that I can pull it (or at least > some stable 3.x version) from? > << > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
