[Kmymoney-devel] [Bug 309630] Crash every time saving any transaction category change after attempting to edit multiple transactions

[allan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309630

--- Comment #5 from allan <agander93 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Perhaps this should be a different bug report, but when I use "File > Save
> As" the following error dialog is shown "Could not start the process Cannot
> talk to klauncher: the name org.kde.launcher was not provided by any
> .service files".
> 
> After I dismissed that dialog I was able to save an .anon.xml file.
> 
> I get the same error again whenever I use the "File > Open" dialog.
> 
> I was eventually able to open anon.xml by using "File > Recent" instead.
> The account names are all replaced by numbers, not unexpected. The dollar
> amounts shown for the various accounts and their transactions are
> completely wrong -- apparently I have half a million dollars coming and
> going! I'm guessing this is also part of the anonymising function?
> 
> In any case, after opening .anon.xml I was able to assign categories to
> different transactions, AND, after that when I re-opened my main accounting
> .kmy file categories worked there too!
> 
> So the problem seems to have resolved itself. I have attached the anon.xml
> file anyway in case it's still of interest.
> 
> thanks for your time,
> 
> -matt
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:31 AM, allan <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309630
> >
> > allan <agander93 at gmail.com> changed:
> >
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> > --- Comment #1 from allan <agander93 at gmail.com> ---
> > Firstly, do you have a good backup file?  KMM is pretty robust, but it's
> > important tp protect your valuable data.  If you have backup, is that OK?
> >
> > Secondly, it sounds as though your present file may be faulty, and in such
> > a
> > case, the way forward is to produce an anonymised file (Save as
> > ....anonymised
> > file).  Check if that file produces the same problem, and if so, attach it
> > to
> > the bug report, indicating the steps to produce the problem.
> >
> > The file will be in XML format, and it would be as well to open it in an
> > editor
> > and make sure no incriminating personal data remains.
> >
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The miracles of modern science!  Glad the scare is over, bur remember to backup
often.

There is a Consistency Check in the Tools menu, and also it is run each time a
save is done.  Might you have done a save after experiencing your problem, and
thus possibly resolved the issue?

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