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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: Dudedude on July 26, 2011, 07:17:43 PM



Title: bitcoin wallet wont run in linux
Post by: Dudedude on July 26, 2011, 07:17:43 PM
i've downloaded it like 3 times to try it again but it still wont work.

it gives me these errors.

"EXCEPTION: 11DbException       
Db::open: Invalid argument       
bitcoin in AppInit()"

and

"EXCEPTION: 11DbException       
Db::open: Invalid argument       
bitcoin in CMyApp::OnUnhandledException()"

thanks guys.


Title: Re: bitcoin wallet wont run in linux
Post by: Shevek on July 27, 2011, 09:52:22 AM
That's a very annoying error message I've got rutinely.

It is due a change of versions and branches in bitcoin client and bitcoind.

It is related to a stupid incompatibility in different versions of same library (I don't know in this moment).

* Solution 1: delete all stuff related to databases (with "db" in name and/or extension) in your ~/.bitcoin directory and restart the client/daemon.

* Solution 2: delete all stuff except wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf in your ~/.bitcoin directory and restart the client/daemon. If you see your balance is down don't panic. You must wait some hours to reload the whole block chain.