Title: Linux Mint Electrum 1.9.7 unable to boot - error message Post by: Nomopomo on March 02, 2014, 09:50:35 PM I'm running Linux Mint 15, and whenever I try and run Electrum (this is after a fresh install) I get:
$ electrum Exception in thread Thread-5: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner self.run() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/interface.py", line 586, in run self.start_interface() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/interface.py", line 498, in start_interface self.start_tcp() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/interface.py", line 322, in start_tcp l = socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM) error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/electrum", line 176, in <module> gui.main(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_gui/qt/__init__.py", line 84, in main storage = WalletStorage(self.config) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/wallet.py", line 80, in __init__ self.read(self.path) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/wallet.py", line 121, in read raise IOError("Cannot read wallet file.") IOError: Cannot read wallet file. I've reinstalled many times, rebooted, etc. Don't know what the problem is. Title: Re: Linux Mint Electrum 1.9.7 unable to boot - error message Post by: Nomopomo on March 18, 2014, 11:11:31 PM Okay well I figured out that the problem was my wallet.dat file was corrupted. I deleted it and created a new one from the seed I have memorized.
If you don't have your seed memorized don't delete your wallet file. Hope this helps if you are having the same problem as me. |