Can not open electrum wallet in linux....scared to know why

[globe-biz]

Hello, today I am trying to open my electrum wallet and it will not open nothing happens. I am using a linux system so I do not think it is a virus or anything but I am worried that something bad has happened. Can anyone advise me?

[roslinpl]

Hello, today I am trying to open my electrum wallet and it will not open nothing happens. I am using a linux system so I do not think it is a virus or anything but I am worried that something bad has happened. Can anyone advise me?

Try to reinstall? Just mind where you keep your wallet file ... backup it... remove electrum .. download newest package .. run it again..

Simple advice but might work

[globe-biz]

I have alot of money there so I am scared to reinstall. There must be some way to force it to start or diagnose it?

[PolarPoint]

I would backup wallet file as well, but will try restore from 12 word seed on another machine. If it works and balance is correct, copy the wallet file back later on.

[dabura667]

just above the folder with your wallet file is a blockchain headers file and an electrum config file.

Delete those and restart Electrum. Don't worry, as long as you don't delete your wallet (or the wallet folder) you'll be fine.

[globe-biz]

Thank you for all your fast responses. First I am going to backup the wallet. It is 25kb in size does that sound right? It is in a file called "wallets" and inside is one file called "Default_Wallet"

Sound good?

[roslinpl]

I have alot of money there so I am scared to reinstall. There must be some way to force it to start or diagnose it?

Tutorial:

Where is my wallet file located?
The default wallet file is called default_wallet which is created when you first run the application and located under the /wallets folder.

On Linux
Home Folder
Go > Location and type ~/.electrum

so ...  ~/.electrum/wallets/default_wallet    this is your wallet file ...

Backup whole "wallets" dir   and reinstall electrum

[cp1]

Run it from the terminal and see what error it gives you.  Make sure you've got your 12 word seed just in case.

[globe-biz]

What is the command to run it from the terminal? I want to try that first then I will erase the 2 files and try to restart it. I am talking about the advice to erase the 2 files and restart as mentioned above.

[cp1]

I think it's just electrum

[globe-biz]

myusername ~ $ electrum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/electrum", line 174, in <module>
    config = SimpleConfig(config_options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/simple_config.py", line 33, in __init__
    self.read_user_config()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/simple_config.py", line 157, in read_user_config
    raise IOError("Cannot read config file.")
IOError: Cannot read config file.
myusername ~ $

[roslinpl]

myusername ~ $ electrum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/electrum", line 174, in <module>
    config = SimpleConfig(config_options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/simple_config.py", line 33, in __init__
    self.read_user_config()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/simple_config.py", line 157, in read_user_config
    raise IOError("Cannot read config file.")
IOError: Cannot read config file.
myusername ~ $

Backup and reinstall ... :-)

[globe-biz]

Why would this happen, why would the configuration file become corrupt?I did nothing wrong!

[roslinpl]

Why would this happen, why would the configuration file become corrupt?I did nothing wrong!

Shit happens :-)

Backup and reinstall.
You can send a bug report to Electrum devs :-)

[globe-biz]

Ok so to reinstall I need to have the wallet file which is about 25 kb in size and I also need my list of words.With that I have nothing to worry about right?I will try on another computer I have.I feel nervous because there is alot of money there

[PolarPoint]

Is your other computer safe? Free from malware? If you have doubts, do a clean installation or boot from a reputable linux live disc.

[globe-biz]

Can anyone tell me how to un-install electrum with the linux command line. I am very new to linux sorry!!

[cp1]

First try deleting your config file (or better just rename it)

[jonald_fyookball]

as long as you know the 12 word seed , you can ALWAYS restore.
Not that that is a complete answer to your issue, but you should
know that.

[dabura667]

Do what I said earlier and it'll be fixed.

Slight correction tho, no need to delete blockchain headers, just delete the config file.

Electrum will generate a new default config file on boot.