Can't get Armory to work properly - repeatedly scans database, and then UI hang.

[Burrito]

I'm using the 64-bit version of Armory 0.9, on Linux Mint 13, and have had lots of trouble getting it to work. Its logs report it as 0.89.99.16, but the UI and my package manager reports it as 0.90.

When I start it without a ~/.armory/databases folder, it downloads and builds its database of the blockchain. And then it scans it, twice, maybe three times. Finally, after around 2-4 hours, the Qt user interface hangs, with input delays of around 3 minutes (when I click something, it takes 3 minutes to happen, and when it does happen, it happens slowly). My process manager (htop) tells me that ArmoryQt.py and bitcoind still run after I close Armory, using around 60% of processing power. Killing Armory with signal 15 (SIGTERM) doesn't work, so I have to kill it with signal 9 (SIGKILL). Killing Bitcoind with signal 15 works fine.

When I open Armory again, it plays the same game, making the whole program unusable. Any ideas?

[Burrito]

Post it on services section. There is a bounty program running there to fix bugs with armory.

I would, unfortunately I'm still under newbie restrictions.

edit: Couldn't quickly find that bounty program's topic, but I moved this to Armory's section now.

[texasaggie]

What I would try in regards to the Armory issue is export your wallet and get rid of everything that is installed with Armory when you are building it.  Then go and build the version that your error was referring to and import your backed up wallet.  Try it out for a bit and see if you are having the same issues or not.  I am guessing you have something wrong with one of the dependencies for the newer version so then when you go to upgrade to the newest version again make sure you don't get any errors or dependencies that are clashing with each other.  I think with a fresh start you should be just fine.

I've found Coinbase to be the quickest online wallet to get started with and you don't need to worry about the ol' database crashing on you before getting everything back up.  You can use it as a repository for your bitcoins until you get Armory working and then transfer your wallet into the program straight away.

[Burrito]

I am guessing you have something wrong with one of the dependencies

Then it must be a problem in the .deb package hosted on their website. I'll try and build it from source, thanks.

I've found Coinbase to be the quickest online wallet to get started

Unfortunately, that's not an option apart from small change. Right now I'm using Bitcoin-Qt, but I really love Armory's security and deterministic wallet features.