Hi, GTG automatically makes several backups of your tasks and projects. With luck, you should a working backup available.
Look into .local/share/gtg/ in your home. You should find files named like this: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.xml XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.xml.bak.<N> projects.xml projects.xml.bak.<N> where the X's are letters or numbers (this actual sequence of letters and numbers is different for everyone it's a kind of random pattern), and <N> is a number between 0 and 7. example content of .local/share/gtg/: ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml.bak.0 ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml.bak.1 projects.xml projects.xml.bal.0 projects.xml.bal.1 Here's how you can restore a backup: NOTE:I suggest you make a copy of the whole directory content before doing anything! Then do the following: 1) remove XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.xml and projects.xml. 2) Pick a pair of matching XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.xml.bak.<N> and projects.xml.bak.<N> (with the same <N>) 3) Rename them to XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX.xml and projects.xml 4) Restart Getting Things GNOME! Example process (in a shell): 1) cd ~/.local/share/gtg/ 2) rm ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml projects.xml 3) mv ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml.bak.0 ea8d1d10-0a33-4ae7-aa34-fb85f7556e16.xml 4) mv projects.xml.bak.0 projects.xml If the backup files are sane, this should restore your tasks with little or no loss! You may have to try several backup until finding a good one. Bertrand On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Niels <[email protected]> wrote: > New question #196249 on Getting Things GNOME!: > https://answers.launchpad.net/gtg/+question/196249 > > After an error while starting gtg all my tasks are gone. The tasks are still > in the xml file and the projects.xml file refers to the right file. Still, > when i open gtg there are no tasks visible. > > could you suggest a way to repair this? > > thanks > > Niels > > -- > You received this question notification because you are a member of Gtg > developers, which is an answer contact for Getting Things GNOME!. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Bertrand Rousseau _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
