[Qgis-user] Unable to load project

Patrick Dunford enzedrailmaps at gmail.com
Fri Jun 8 03:01:24 PDT 2018


That may be the case for the application. However, depending on the 
installation, shared libraries may be overwritten when a new 
installation is carried out and cause older software versions to stop 
working.


On 08/06/18 20:11, Philip Barlow wrote:
>
> I am happily running 2.18.20, 3.0.3 and 3.1 (nightly builds) side by 
> side on Windows 10. 2.x and 3.x store their user settings and plugins 
> in different locations so there are no conflicts.
>
> Phil
>
> *From:*Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf 
> Of *Patrick Dunford
> *Sent:* 08 June 2018 05:02
> *To:* qgis-user ML
> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Unable to load project
>
> The Windows version of Qgis allows you to run multiple versions on 
> your computer side by side. I personally haven't used the Windows 
> version for several years so I can't be sure if you will have any 
> issues running 3.0 alongside your current version. I run many of the 
> editions I have in virtual machines. If your PC has 8 GB or more of 
> memory, or if you have access to another computer that can run Linux, 
> then you can try it out in a Linux virtual machine or physical 
> computer environment without disturbing your current installation.
>
> On 08/06/18 07:38, Springfield Harrison wrote:
>
>     hello Patrick, thanks for your ideas. I will try the no plugins
>     option.
>
>     The program will run with no project loaded and it will run older
>     project files but has problems with newer ones for the same project.
>
>     I can load an older project file and then add newer layers to it
>     and reconfigure them, Etc. This is very tedious but will amount to
>     a recovery. It is better than starting from scratch for sure. But
>     will the same problem reoccur?
>
>     I have contemplated migrating to version 3 but I'm always leery of
>     upgrades of anything as they often bring problems with them. In
>     this list I notice many references to installation issues and
>     things not running. 2.10 is a devil I know.
>
>     can I expect any difficulties installing 3.0 +?
>
>     Cheers . . . . .   Spring
>     Samsung Tab 4
>
>     On Jun 7, 2018 1:30 AM, "Patrick Dunford" <enzedrailmaps at gmail.com
>     <mailto:enzedrailmaps at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thre are a number of troubleshooting steps to try out
>
>     1. Start up qgis using the -noplugins switch or remove all
>     installed plugins or test removing one at a time.
>
>     2. Backup the config file and start with a new empty config.
>
>     Qgis 2.10 is well out of support, is there any reason you can't
>     migrate to 3.0?
>
>     On 07/06/18 18:28, Springfield Harrison wrote:
>
>         hello Phil,
>
>         I did open the project file in Word, 2033 pages, and found 13
>         instances referring to the dxf file. Hard to say if anything
>         was wrong there, nothing obvious. At least to me. Some other
>         research I did indicates that maybe there is an authentication
>         problem, not sure just what that boils down to.
>
>         I don't think the dxf file is the problem. I renamed it and
>         bypassed it on the startup routine which the program accepted
>         but it still seized up with a spinning cursor. Some things
>         still function, such as modifying the properties of a layer ,
>         Etc. But the screen is blank and nothing can be saved.
>
>         For some time I have noticed that loading a project file bogs
>         down for a while and then would resume to completion. Now it
>         bogs down and blows up. The key message seems to be unknown
>         exception.
>
>         Some older project files do load successfully however...
>
>         Cheers . . . . .   Spring
>         Samsung Tab 4
>
>         On Jun 6, 2018 11:15 PM, "Phil Wyatt" <phil at wyatt-family.com
>         <mailto:phil at wyatt-family.com>> wrote:
>
>         Can you open a copy of the previous project file in something
>         like notepad and see if anything obvious can be fixed and or
>         removed in relation to the DXF layer?
>
>         *From:*Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>         <mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *On Behalf Of
>         *Springfield Harrison
>         *Sent:* Thursday, 7 June 2018 1:36 PM
>         *To:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>         <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> List
>         *Subject:* [Qgis-user] Unable to load project
>
>         Hello All,
>
>         Bad News.  I am unable to load a project that normally works
>         with no problems:
>
>          1. QGIS 2.10.1, Windows 7.
>          2. Project starts to load, loads many layers . . .
>          3. halts loading "point Entity", a DXF file
>          4. the DXF file was renamed to trigger the Handle Bad Layers
>             service
>          5. this was bypassed but project loading still fails to
>             complete, cursor spinner on constantly
>          6. exiting with Save triggers "Unknown Exception"
>          7. the project file is trashed to 0kb
>          8. Exiting without Save is OK but no project can be loaded
>          9. Restoring previous project file versions yields the same
>             results
>         10. Loading some other projects works but may have cursor spinner
>
>         Any ideas what is going on here?  I have rebooted the computer.
>
>         Thanks very much . . . .
>
>         Cheers . . . . . Springfield Harrison
>
>
>
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