13:36:18 <mystery88[m]> Hi everybody!  I am having a lot of trouble to make the Monero GUI to work. It seem to be a connexion problem. Did download the whole blockchain and wanted to use it as a node but seem like you have to have open ports like 18080 wish it wont be possible for me. Them try the GUI in simple mode and have the same error with the 18080 port. Did tried to trouble shout myself for 3 days now without success.  Thank you!
13:40:46 <moneromooo> Assuming you mean opening it for ingress, it doesn't need to. You can have it run without it with close to no degradation.
15:15:13 <mystery88[m]> <moneromooo> "Assuming you mean opening it for..." <- The daemon thing can't connect and sync. I cannot see my latest transaction
15:16:53 <moneromooo> Is the daemon stopping by itself ?
15:22:15 <mystery88[m]> How can i know that?
15:23:16 <moneromooo> Start it, wait 30 seconds, check if it's still running.
15:23:31 <mystery88[m]> I have the bitmonero .log open to see what is going on.       No incoming connections - check firewalls/routers allow port 18080
15:24:17 <mystery88[m]> i have the advance mode running as a full node
15:25:54 <mystery88[m]> Thanks by the way! Much appreciated!  Hopefully something is going to work...
15:25:54 <dEBRUYNE> mystery88[m]: What does it state in the left bottom?
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15:33:48 <mystery88[m]> I use NextDNS and moneroseeds is not blocked and behind NordVPN. Thanks!
15:37:39 <mystery88[m]> A few days ago when the blockchain did finished downloading, i was able to mine!   Then sent some XMR to my wallet and never been able to see in the wallet. Cannot even mine anymore...
15:37:48 <mystery88[m]> s/finished/finish/
15:38:08 <mystery88[m]> Same settings as usual...
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16:09:10 <nikg83[m]> <mystery88[m]> "Screen Shot 2022-06-23 at 12.02...." <- Blockchain needs to be synced before you can mine 
16:10:49 <mystery88[m]> nikg83[m]: Got it! It cannot sync i guess....
16:12:50 <mystery88[m]> Is this is a problem??
16:12:50 <mystery88[m]> *:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.http:FATAL,net.ssl:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,daemon.rpc:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,serialization:FATAL,daemon.rpc.payment:ERROR,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO
16:12:50 <mystery88[m]> 2022-06-23 16:12:08.307	     0x201bc2600	INFO	global	src/daemon/main.cpp:296	Monero 'Oxygen Orion' (v0.17.3.2-release)
16:14:35 <moneromooo> Did you answer my question ? There's always the possibility that you did and it got eaten by my ignore settings.
16:14:43 <moneromooo> < moneromooo> Is the daemon stopping by itself ?
16:15:12 <mystery88[m]> moneromooo: How can i check that? Thanks!
16:15:29 <moneromooo> < moneromooo> Start it, wait 30 seconds, check if it's still running.
16:15:58 <mystery88[m]> I did stop the daemon and started again and seem to work not
16:16:15 <mystery88[m]> it is downloading the remaining blocks!
16:16:22 <mystery88[m]> 😀
16:16:24 <moneromooo> Oh, good.
16:16:51 <moneromooo> Is the blockchain on a spinning disk ? If so, it is *much* slower than on a SSD.
16:17:09 <mystery88[m]> I got 12 out now!!!
16:17:11 <mystery88[m]> yipi!
16:17:29 <mystery88[m]> moneromooo: My internal SSD is very fast
16:17:44 <mystery88[m]> The blockchain is on it
16:19:04 <mystery88[m]> Did change my DNS for Quad9. Looks like NextDNS was the problem.  No clue why because is was working and did look @ NextDNS logs and noting from Monero was blocked....
16:19:53 <mystery88[m]> Now waiting for daemon to sync......
16:26:38 <mystery88[m]> I can mine again now but cant see my lastest transaction a few days ago...
16:26:47 <mystery88[m]> s/lastest/latest/
16:29:28 <mystery88[m]> <moneromooo> "< moneromooo> Is the daemon..." <- I don't think so because i can press the stop daemon button
16:30:13 <moneromooo> Transactions that can't get mined in 24 hours are dropped. Your transaction probably never made it anywhere.
16:30:56 <moneromooo> Does it appear on, say, xmrchain.net ?
16:31:26 <moneromooo> If yes, you'll see it eventually. If not, it likely never made it to the internet, and you can redo it
16:40:36 <mystery88[m]> <moneromooo> "Transactions that can't get..." <- It was from an Exchange to my Monero GUI wallet
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16:41:47 <mystery88[m]> Still.....
16:45:16 <mystery88[m]> <moneromooo> "Does it appear on, say, xmrchain..." <- will check that out! Thanks!
16:50:22 <mystery88[m]> <mystery88[m]> "will check that out! Thanks!" <- No of confirmations: 1505
16:50:40 <mystery88[m]> Stil not showing up in the GUI
17:01:18 <moneromooo> You gotta wait till it's synced to at least that height.
17:02:31 <mystery88[m]> moneromooo: ok, thanks! why downloading the remaining blocks only took a few secomds?
17:02:38 <mystery88[m]> s/secomds/seconds/
17:05:49 <moneromooo> Probably because there were very few.
17:06:05 <moneromooo> Or maybe it took longer and you did ont realize.
17:12:45 <mystery88[m]> Did restart the GUI, it did download the remaining block (10 left) and still waiting for daemon to sync
17:16:44 <mystery88[m]> Last transaction stil not showing up
17:20:28 <moneromooo> Are you sure the GUI has reached past the height at which this tx was mined ?
17:34:09 <mystery88[m]> <moneromooo> "Are you sure the GUI has reached..." <- trying to check that out.....          What does this mean?
17:34:09 <mystery88[m]> *:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.http:FATAL,net.ssl:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,net.cn:FATAL,daemon.rpc:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,serialization:FATAL,daemon.rpc.payment:ERROR,stacktrace:INFO,logging:INFO,msgwriter:INFO
17:35:33 <tobtoht[m]> mystery88: those are log levels, it's not an error
17:35:51 <moneromooo> It means the log settings are set to show you warnings, except for some particular categories.
17:35:54 <mystery88[m]> ok
17:36:08 <mystery88[m]> ok
17:36:23 <moneromooo> Like anything to do with daemon.rpc, errors won't be shown. Because you can get random shite sent to your RPC port.
17:37:06 <mystery88[m]> You are now synchronized with the network. You may now start monero-wallet-cli.
17:38:21 <mystery88[m]> Sync data returned a new top block candidate: 2652142 -> 2652143 [Your node is 1 blocks (2.0 minutes) behind]
17:38:21 <mystery88[m]> this took a few seconds to sync
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17:43:42 <mystery88[m]> the problem is with     waiting for daemon to sync  now...
19:20:16 <selsta> mystery88[m]: did it fix itself?
20:00:05 <selsta> .merge+ 3949
20:00:05 <xmr-pr> Added
20:06:14 <mystery88[m]> <selsta> "mystery88: did it fix itself?" <- Thanks for asking!  Stil have the (Waiting for daemon to sync) and cant see my latest incoming transaction (2 days ago) from the exchange
20:06:43 <selsta> mystery88[m]: did you also create an issue on githuv
20:06:47 <selsta> github?
20:08:45 <mystery88[m]> not yet
20:09:07 <mystery88[m]> wil have to create an account over there....
20:09:19 <mystery88[m]> s/wil/will/
20:09:52 <selsta> no, it's fine here
20:10:06 <selsta> please go to settings -> log and post the output of "status"
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20:20:24 <selsta> ok, your node itself is good
20:21:01 <selsta> Can you go to Settings -> Node, and click on "Local Node"
20:21:14 <selsta> if that doesn't help try restarting the GUI only
20:22:01 <mystery88[m]> It is on Local Node...
20:22:12 <selsta> yes, but still click on it
20:22:20 <selsta> so that it resets the connection
20:22:23 <mystery88[m]> just did
20:23:17 <selsta> are you using Ledger?
20:23:24 <mystery88[m]> Looking @ the bitmonero.log without any change, same for the GUI log
20:23:38 <mystery88[m]> Yes, i use Ledger
20:23:45 <selsta> did you export your view key?
20:23:57 <mystery88[m]> no
20:24:04 <selsta> you have to export the view key
20:24:20 <mystery88[m]> for safety reason
20:24:30 <selsta> the ledger itself is too slow to do scanning by itself
20:24:49 <mystery88[m]> ok
20:24:51 <selsta> there is not much risk in exporting the view key in my opinion
20:25:04 <mystery88[m]> ok
20:25:09 <selsta> if there is malware on your system they have access to your wallet cache anyway
20:25:11 <mystery88[m]> Let me try that them
20:25:15 <mystery88[m]> s/them/then/
20:26:21 <mystery88[m]> selsta: Wish mean they can still my XMR... 
20:26:48 <mystery88[m]> s/.../?/
20:26:58 <mystery88[m]> s/still/steal/, s/.../?/
20:28:33 <selsta> no
20:28:53 <selsta> spend key stays on ledger all the time
20:29:32 <mystery88[m]> Excellent! Thanks!
20:32:54 <mystery88[m]> Did export the view key and then disconnect the Ledger.   Same problem....
20:35:28 <mystery88[m]> gosh now it say synchronizing wallet....   Look like i should have kept the Ledger plugged....
20:36:30 <mystery88[m]> * gosh, now
20:41:32 <mystery88[m]> YIPI!!!!     Finally it was about time!!!!!!!!!!     All working now!    
20:41:49 <mystery88[m]> All of my transtions  showing up now!
20:42:06 <mystery88[m]> Super-duper!  🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇
20:42:42 <mystery88[m]>  * YIPI!!!!     Finally!!     It was about time!!!!!!!!!!     All working now!    
20:44:53 <mystery88[m]> So the problem was because i was not importing the view key and them you have to keep the ledger plugged until the Wallet and Daemon are sync!
20:46:22 <mystery88[m]> Everything work (except incoming connections) (cannot open port)     behind VPN with NextDNS!      Super!!!!!
20:47:47 <mystery88[m]> Thank you very much for the help!   Very well appreciated!
21:29:23 <selsta> mystery88[m]: yes, keep the Ledger plugged in
21:30:10 <mystery88[m]> selsta: When do you suggest to unplug it?
21:30:25 <selsta> when you close the wallet
21:31:51 <mystery88[m]> Alright! 😀    Then if you want to see new incoming transactions and it was unplug, i guess just plug it back will work?
21:47:25 <plowsof[m]> please leave the ledger plugged in from start to finish - you can plug it in to a machine with 1000 trojans and your monero will be safe. stop being so mean to your ledger, it is happy when plugged in
22:16:58 <selsta> mystery88[m]: don't unplug it while the wallet is open, it might cause issues
22:17:07 <selsta> basically as plowsof[m] said
22:50:00 <mystery88[m]> Alright! Thanks a lot!
22:50:43 <mystery88[m]> <plowsof[m]> "please leave the ledger plugged..." <- Understood....   🤪
23:00:33 <mystery88[m]> I am so happy! Thank you so much!     this gave me headache for 1 full day!    Now all good!   Such a relief!