Title: Armory does not find the blocks - stays offline Post by: JerryBoot on November 11, 2020, 08:20:46 PM I run Windows 7 pro
I have Bitcoin core installed and synced Location: C:\bitcoin The data folder is: M:\BTC\blocks Armory is installed at C:\Armory 965\Armory C:\gebruikers\Stobor-6\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases is empty All these settings can also be found in the ArmorySettings.txt Bitcoin core blocks are up to date. Armory does not get the correct location for the data and does not prepare the databases. The information regarding ArmoryDB screen: https://pastebin.com/2VPVSyMp Regarding the Armorylog: https://pastebin.com/6dT3D7a4 Regarding the armory settings: https://pastebin.com/f3m1aSMs Any help is appreciated Kind regards Jerry Title: Re: Armory does not find the blocks - stays offline Post by: bob123 on November 12, 2020, 12:20:22 PM I run Windows 7 pro Ok, here is your biggest problem. Windows 7 is outdated and insecure as hell. You should not go online with a windows 7 machine anymore. The best thing you can do is to upgrade it to windows 10 (still possible for free). Windows 7 has reached its end of life, doesn't receive any security updates anymore and is missing tons of security features which are present in windows 10. Using windows 7 is basically asking to get compromised and data stolen. Now, regarding your problem.. From your logs: Code: BitcoindError: bitcoind not found Can you confirm that the executable is indeed in the following path? Code: C:\Bitcoin Armory seems to not be able to locate it. Title: Re: Armory does not find the blocks - stays offline Post by: JerryBoot on November 12, 2020, 02:31:22 PM Thanks for your advice regarding updating from Windows 7
I will upgrade. bitcoin-qt.exe is indeed in the location C:\bitcoin. I read somewhere on this forum to delete the content of the databases of Armory C:\users\stobor\appdata\roaming\armory\databases Which I did .... and then Armory started to work normally. Found all the bits and pieces of Bitcoin again However the ArmoryDB in the dos window is unchanged and stiill looking at a not existing path for the blocks as mentioned earlier https://pastebin.com/2VPVSyMp How to correct this? Thanks again for your advice Jerry Title: Re: Armory does not find the blocks - stays offline Post by: bob123 on November 12, 2020, 06:08:42 PM You can either use the GUI -> Settings and enter the correct path (satoshi homedir), or you could modify the config file (usually in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Armory\armoryqt.conf) by adding:
Code: satoshi-datadir="M:\BTC\blocks" Title: Re: Armory does not find the blocks - stays offline Post by: HCP on November 16, 2020, 01:21:46 AM I read somewhere on this forum to delete the content of the databases of Armory ArmoryDB in the dos window? ??? Are you running ArmoryDB manually for some reason? ??? It should automatically run as a hidden process in the background when you run the Armory GUI. C:\users\stobor\appdata\roaming\armory\databases Which I did .... and then Armory started to work normally. Found all the bits and pieces of Bitcoin again However the ArmoryDB in the dos window is unchanged and stiill looking at a not existing path for the blocks as mentioned earlier https://pastebin.com/2VPVSyMp How to correct this? In any case, it looks like it isn't getting the correct path to your Bitcoin blocks folder... which is odd, because your original Armorylog file (https://pastebin.com/6dT3D7a4), showed that it was being set OK: Quote 2020-11-11 13:09:20 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1872 - setSatoshiPaths 2020-11-11 13:09:20 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1891 - Setting satoshi datadir = M:\BTC\blocks I would suggest that you shut everything down, then restart the PC to ensure that there are not any "ghost" ArmoryDB processes running in the background... then run Bitcoin Core (and let it fully sync), then start Armory. If you're still having issues, post your latest versions of the armory log files. |