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Title: "Failed to write undo data" on Bitcoin QT 0.8.0 on OSX 10.7.2
Post by: editninja on December 10, 2013, 10:31:44 PM
Just last night my Bitcoin QT client started getting all wonky on me. Luckily I have backed up my wallet.dat file, so I'm not freaking out, but this is becoming a pain in the ass. I'm somewhat technically literate, but all the Googling I have done to figure out what is going on is way over my head.

I have managed to look at the debug file in Users/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin, and have identified the trouble area, but I have no idea what it means or how to fix it.

received block 0000000000000002f1cbee31294d567a37509a1ad6805f0517452a3db2db1de7
Flushing wallet.dat
Flushed wallet.dat 30ms
connection timeout
Unable to open file /Users/me/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/blocks/rev00077.dat
ERROR: CBlockUndo::WriteToDisk() : OpenUndoFile failed
*** Failed to write undo data

Some of the reading I have done says that it could have something to do with an open files limitation on OSX, but I don't see anything in my system log file (/var/log/system.log) that says "too many files".

My first thought would be to update the Bitcoin QT client, but I am nervous about updating. I don't want to make the problem worse.

Edit: Had mistaken Bitcoin QT version number in subject title.


Title: Re: "Failed to write undo data" on Bitcoin QT 0.8.0 on OSX 10.7.2
Post by: tomywomy on December 11, 2013, 10:30:42 PM
same problem here.  Let me know if there's a resolution.


Title: Re: "Failed to write undo data" on Bitcoin QT 0.8.0 on OSX 10.7.2
Post by: Ypeav on December 12, 2013, 05:55:36 AM
Never had this issue.
Have you tried the latest version 0.8.6?