KMyMoney crashing on Neon 18.04

[csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com]

Jack

New file was not intended but I ran KMM in its own Activity using a Vault to hold file.kmy and other private info, including a backup!

My excuse, being 70+, is that after years of making backups and on the odd occasion having to recover from them I totally overlooked the fact that the backup was encrypted just like the .kmy file. I had decided to new install due to another programme that caused problems when I upgraded to 18.04

Next lesson - how to save a backup unencrypted.

Jim

> On 16 October 2018 at 20:20 Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2018.10.16 15:04, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > Jim,
> > 
> > On Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2018 15:42:48 CEST  
> > csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > > I have KMM working on my system! My method (!) is listed below in  
> > the possible hope that it may help in resolving the problem.
> > >
> > > Start KMM = TipofDay inactive, Set-up page active = select Cancel.
> > > Restart KMM TofD is now enabled so unselect Show box, close it and  
> > the Set-up page.
> > 
> > I think I have fixed that:
> > 
> > commit 6197c14e92d4aefba11507f808050aa965b94149
> > Author: Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
> > Date:   Tue Oct 16 20:52:01 2018 +0200
> > 
> >     Don't show tip of day during first run
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Edit kmmoneyrc and change first time run=false to =true, save and  
> > exit. Restart KMM with only the Set-Up screen now active.
> > 
> > No need to edit the kmyoneyrc file at that point. You can start  
> > KMyMoney and use File/New to have the wizard start again.
> > 
> > >
> > > Use Next to get to I Have An Account page. NOTE Every time I have  
> > got to this page the cursor is in the Name field but text cannot be  
> > entered. Change the start date as appropriate (otherwise it defaults  
> > to Today) and enter a start balance. In doing this the Name field  
> > becomes active so enter as appropriate.
> > 
> > The focus is on the Help button, that is why you cannot enter any  
> > text. Use the mouse and click into the name field and you can enter  
> > text.
> > 
> > I think I have fixed that as well:
> > 
> > commit a45470125aea41290a0346b07f28bb9f778f5c71
> > Author: Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
> > Date:   Tue Oct 16 20:53:02 2018 +0200
> > 
> >     Set keyboard focus to first field on page entry
> > 
> >     The keyboard focus was not on the first field of a wizard page in  
> > the
> >     new user wizard when some pages were entered. This change sets  
> > the focus
> >     accordingly.
> > 
> > > Then using Next, selecting Configure preferences box and then save  
> > with filename.
> > >
> > > At this point I saved, quit, re-opened and, fingers crossed, have  
> > been able to add a/cs and other detail without problem. The KMM I  
> > have enjoyed using for more than 10 years is back.
> > >
> > > Still more than happy to help because I have just worked around the  
> > "problem" not solved it.
> > 
> > Yes, but this information is so important for us devs that we count  
> > it as open source contribution. Since I use KMyMoney for such a long  
> > time, I usually don't start with a fresh user installation and might  
> > not notice certain things.
> > 
> > Might you be able to explain exactly how to reproduce the crash? Then  
> > I can fix that as well. Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Thomas
> 
> In addition to Thomas' question, I am very curious why to need to  
> create a new file.  If you have been using KMM for more than 10 years,  
> is there some reason you don't want to just continue using the .kmy  
> file you already have?
> 
> Jack