[Qgis-user] Broken project file

[Árni Geirsson]

Thanks Alexandre, I did try the backup file but it had the same flaw.

Arni


On 21 February 2017 at 01:49, Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just in case you didn't know, there is also the project backup, the *.qgs~
> file.
>
> A seg, 20/02/2017, 12:02, Árni Geirsson <arni at alta.is> escreveu:
>
>> Hi again
>> I did some hacking and systematically eliminated layers by commenting out
>> <maplayer>...</maplayer> tags in the qgs file until I found an offending
>> one. After deleting that one from the file, it loaded normally. I don't
>> know what was wrong with that layer, it happened to be a virtual layer, I
>> don't know if that is significant. Anyway, I managed to recover the file
>> but the problem/bug remains.
>>
>> Arni
>>
>> On 20 February 2017 at 11:10, Árni Geirsson <arni at alta.is> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> A few times I have seen project files break or become corrupt with the
>> following symptoms: In the layers list, only layer groups and subgroups are
>> shown, but no layers are shown under the groups or any other layers. The
>> project is loaded in this way very quickly and the canvas is left blank.
>> The message log panel shows no error, just the "QGIS Ready!".
>> Does anyone have any clues about possible causes or ways to recover the
>> broken files?
>> The broken file appears to start and end normally, ending with the
>> </qgis> tag.
>>
>> Arni
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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