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Bug 467521 - Persistent splash screen blocks "could not obtain lock" warning
Persistent splash screen blocks "could not obtain lock" warning
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: General
git-master
Other Mac OS
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Chris Lyttle
Chris Lyttle
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-17 01:49 UTC by David Reiser
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:46 UTC
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Description David Reiser 2007-08-17 01:49:34 UTC 
svn r16410

Do something that causes the data file lock not to be cleared on closing/crashing gnucash

relaunch gnucash

Splash screen stays stuck displaying "Reading datafile..." indefinitely, instead of displaying the warning about "Could not obtain lock on $datafile" with the buttons for "Open anyway", etc. 

gnucash --nofile, then File/Open/$datafile works.
Comment 1 David Reiser 2007-08-17 17:58:14 UTC 
I think this behavior is a side effect of rev 16378.

gnucash 2.2.0 does not have the problem.
Comment 2 Andreas Köhler 2007-08-17 22:31:49 UTC 
So there is no way to show the warning dialog?  Maybe by minimizing, restoring windows or whatever?
Comment 3 David Reiser 2007-08-17 23:31:49 UTC 
The warning dialog does not appear ("blocks" as in "programmatically stalls progression of the loading process such that the warning dialog is not displayed anywhere")

The splash screen is displayed in the physical center of the monitor. The warning dialog is drawn tight to the upper left corner of the monitor when it is displayed.

For r16410, the warning dialog is not displayed, and the splash screen remains displayed in the center of the screen showing "Loading datafile..." in the bottom line of the splash screen.
Comment 4 Josh Sled 2007-08-27 23:22:59 UTC 
trunk @ r16476, 2.2.2.  The splash is now disappeared before dialoging with the user.  Testing, please.
Comment 5 David Reiser 2007-08-28 05:29:09 UTC 
works for me.
Comment 6 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:46:13 UTC 
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