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The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_Specials#Replacement_character replacement character will be often a "�" (black diamond with a white question mark)].
 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_Specials#Replacement_character replacement character will be often a "�" (black diamond with a white question mark)].
 
You can try to fix the filename by setting the correct character. Now you will be able to import this file into Gramps !
 
You can try to fix the filename by setting the correct character. Now you will be able to import this file into Gramps !
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== GRAMPS cannot display some characters into reports ==
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RTF (''custom''), Postscript (''latin1''), LaTex (''latin1'') file formats on output are not designed for an unicode support.
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It is possible to get a strange non-ASCII character handling by using these formats.
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It could be very specific, because it has been tested and improved since many versions, but possible.
  
 
== GRAMPS cannot set date greater than 21 ==
 
== GRAMPS cannot set date greater than 21 ==

Revision as of 07:36, 16 November 2012

GRAMPS and some Gtk versions

  • Some Gtk versions seem not to properly refresh the GUI (need to use the mouse cursor), see bug 4863.
  • Some Gtk versions have a refresh issue on Citation TreeView (3.4.x) after an edition, see bug 5688.
  • Incremental search and synchronization with typed letters, see bug 1450.
  • New row/line on Census gramplet (addon), see bug 5688.

GRAMPS freezes and crashes with ATK / GNOME / GAIL Assistive Technologies enabled

There have been multiple reports of long freezes and crashes of GRAMPS when refreshing the people or place tree view, e.g. after editing a person or changing the Name Display Format. They are related to the use of GNOME Assistive Technologies (ATK/GAIL).

  • Gnome 2.x

If you experience similar problems try going into System -> Preferences -> Assistive Technologies, unchecking Enable assistive technologies.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

If you experience similar problems try going into System Settings -> Keyboard -> Universal Access, Disable all assistive technologies.

Then logging out and in again.

You can also try this into a console:

$ sudo gedit /var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml

Locate this part:

<dir name="accessibility">
<dir name="keyboard">
   <entry name="enable" ... type="bool" value="true"/>
</dir>

and set enable to false.

See also

GRAMPS runs out of locks

With a large database, GRAMPS can "run out of available locks". For 140.000 people you should use: max_locks 300000 and max_objects 300000

The easiest way to do this is to create an empty database the add a file DB_CONFIG to the database directory before importing (see gramps -l output for the directory of a specific family tree. Contents of this DB_CONFIG file should be:

#may want to fiddle with cachesize also
#set_cachesize 0 200000000 2
set_lk_max_locks 300000
set_lk_max_objects 300000


See bug report below.

See also

  • GRAMPS bugs 2686: crashed importing d03 stress test database, and workarounds

Gramps and AttributeError

This message is often related to your data into your FamilyTree. See AttributeError

GRAMPS cannot import media with non-ASCII characters on filename

If Python returns a codec/UTF8 warning and this file was pasted from an external support (CD, HD, USB key), maybe filename has been corrupted ! It seems correct on screen but not on command line. Your OS was not able to properly set the encoding used on your external support.

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_Specials#Replacement_character replacement character will be often a "�" (black diamond with a white question mark)]. You can try to fix the filename by setting the correct character. Now you will be able to import this file into Gramps !

GRAMPS cannot display some characters into reports

RTF (custom), Postscript (latin1), LaTex (latin1) file formats on output are not designed for an unicode support. It is possible to get a strange non-ASCII character handling by using these formats. It could be very specific, because it has been tested and improved since many versions, but possible.

GRAMPS cannot set date greater than 21

Gramps-3.0.4 under Jaunty 9.04 cannot uses date editor or media reference editor. Upgrading to 3.1.2 fixes this issues.

See also