KMyMoney crashing on Neon 18.04

[Jack]

Jim,

Why not learn how to unencrypt the encrypted files, either regular or 
backup?  If the Vault itself is encrypted, then dropping encryption 
inside does make sense, though.  Also, isn't there a way to transfer an 
old file into the Vault?  (I don't use Activities, so I'm just not 
familiar with Vaults.)  I'm 60+, so not that far behind you on that front.

Jack

On 10/17/18 11:02 AM, csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com wrote:
> 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