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Title: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:34:16 PM

The hell is this? Nothing has changed on my PC since I last used bitcoin, the only thing that has changed is turning my laptop off and back on to move it upstairs.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7657/53214461.gif

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Hawkix on June 22, 2011, 06:35:11 PM

Permissions? File got locked?

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:36:18 PM

Quote from: Hawkix on June 22, 2011, 06:35:11 PM

Permissions? File got locked?

Like I said, I haven't changed a thing.. :-[

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:37:52 PM

look at your wallet.dat.

is it still there?

what is the 'last access' timestamp on the file? does that fit with the last time you accessed it?

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:40:59 PM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:37:52 PM

look at your wallet.dat.

is it still there?

what is the 'last access' timestamp on the file? does that fit with the last time you accessed it?

yup

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:42:59 PM

here is whats in the log

Code:

Bitcoin version 0.3.23-beta
OS version Windows NT 6.1 (build 7600)
System default language is 60 English_United States.1252
Language file locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/bitcoin.mo (English (U.S.))
Default data directory C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
Bound to port 8333
Loading addresses...
dbenv.open strLogDir=C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin/database strErrorFile=C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin/db.log
Loaded 151170 addresses
 addresses              2016ms
Loading block index...
LoadBlockIndex(): hashBestChain=00000000000006f31b4c  height=132216


************************
EXCEPTION: NSt8ios_base7failureE       
CAutoFile::read : fread failed       
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe in AppInit()       



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EXCEPTION: NSt8ios_base7failureE       
CAutoFile::read : fread failed       
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe in CMyApp::OnUnhandledException()

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:51:37 PM

hmmm.

i'd try stashing my whole bitcoin client in some other directory, installing a new client, deleting the wallet and block index from the new client, putting the old wallet into it and starting it up.

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Capitan on June 22, 2011, 06:53:20 PM

I had this error the first few times I tried to run the client. I can't remember what I did to fix it. I think I had to uninstall it, delete the app_data\roaming\bitcoin\ folder, reinstall, and the first time I ran the client after that I left it open long enough for it to download the entire block chain.

Somewhere in those steps I took at least one thing I did appeared to have fixed the problem. It also could have been because the bitcoin client took a long time to open, so I double clicked the icon more than once to see if it would open again. I had several bitcoin.exe processes showing up in task manager. I think one of them was locking one of the files in app_data\roaming\, which caused the error.

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: cypherdoc on June 22, 2011, 06:54:16 PM

is this the original block chain for this data directory or did u import it from another wallet?

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:54:47 PM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:51:37 PM

deleting blkindex fixed the problem, but now it has to download all the blocks again

i had a similar problem happen to me before but with a different error

it seems to involve having the client open when you unplug/hard reboot your pc

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:55:53 PM

Quote from: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:54:47 PM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:51:37 PM

yeah... databases don't like to be blinked.

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:57:30 PM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:55:53 PM

Quote from: Icy- on June 22, 2011, 06:54:47 PM

Quote from: Jaime Frontero on June 22, 2011, 06:51:37 PM

yeah... databases don't like to be blinked.

i hope they fix that in a future version for the untech savvy people :(

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Icy- on June 23, 2011, 01:29:12 AM

Quote from: chodpaba on June 22, 2011, 07:06:13 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Q3TDj.png

too bad its what most common users use

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: genjix on June 23, 2011, 01:31:28 AM

Your wallet or blockchain db is probably corrupted. backup wallet, delete folder and see if it works. otherwise use bitcointools to try to recover your wallet if you have no backup

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Rodyland on June 23, 2011, 01:37:46 AM

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Title: Re: More bitcoin client problems
Post by: Slimquick on June 23, 2011, 01:49:14 AM

Is there any harm in continuing to use a previous version of BitCoin, provided the older version has worked well, in the past? There is nothing in the previous version that would prevent my transactions from being recognized and completed, correct?

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