any thoughts? user can't open saved wallet file, shows boost error. reddit.com/r/monerosupport/comments…mxl/noob_question_about_storing_xmr

whenever i see boost i lean towards it being an actual problem

Looks like a empty filename.

Ask if the filenmae, or any directory leading to it, has non 7 bit ASCII characters, or space, or ':'.

It thinks the wallet name is "C:\\", so either something misparses hte filename, or the poster is inputting it wrong, or it's empty and the OS replaces empty with C:\\ because windows.

Oh, nvm, it already says " (I use special characters in naming the wallet like ?!š etc.)"

Then maybe ask if they can repro with monero-wallet-cli. If not, it's a GUI bug.

If yes, and they're sure the name is correcly escaped, it may be a wallet2 bug.

"correctly escaped" if spceified from the shell. Don't need to escape if prompted by monero-wallet-cli.

It could be a UTF-8 encoding thing too. Especially on windows, which IIRC uses the non standard UCS2-LE (because windows).

forbidden chars in windows filename - i see a "?" in the list and OP mentions it

will the monero gui allow ? in filename on windows yes/no (i dont have windows to test)

if (/[\/]/.test(walletName.text)) {

does the cli handle filenames (os specific)? hm

Rephrase ?

It clearly handles filenames, what in detail are you asking about ?

is there a check in wallet-cli that says 'if we're on windows and ? is supplied for filename then this is bad' ?

Unlikely. And there should not be. It should let the OS error out.

or rather - error failed to create wallet file?

i did a quick test (always return true from the guis wallet name verify function) , i set the name of a wallet i know exists already , the gui did not complain (i expected to see this error somehow github.com/monero-project/monero/bl…1744/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp#L484) is this an issue selsta? ( im assuming if you enter a ? on windows then you may also not receive an error)

Hello, is Flatpak `org.getmonero.Monero` officially from the getmonero.org team? Is it even supported?

Not that I know of, but I could have missed it. Is it claiming so ?

BigmenPixel

<ForeverNoob[m]> "Hello, is Flatpak `org.getmonero..." <- Built from source files; supported.

Ah ok. That's good to hear, thanks. I've been struggling for the past couple of hours in creating a wallet which is outside of the conventional `~/Monero/` directory. Apparently the FP version only has access to that, and I had to manually allow another location to be allowed (using Flatseal).

Though I think there's a bug there: If you choose the directory by doing "Browse" (so using your file manager), choosing even a directory which has been allowed, is not possible.

> <@forevernoob:matrix.org> Ah ok. That's good to hear, thanks. I've been struggling for the past couple of hours in creating a wallet which is outside of the conventional `~/Monero/` directory. Apparently the FP version only has access to that, and I had to manually allow another location to be allowed (using Flatseal).

>

> Though I think there's a bug there: If you choose the directory by doing "Browse" (so using your file manager), choosing even a directory which has been allowed, is not possible.

Probably the Qt file selection portal opens, but for some reason monero-gui does not work with this. So only manually allow the custom directory.

If you specify the path manually, then it works yeah, but here's the dangerous part:

When you specify a path manually, it proceeds to create the wallet, the addresses etc.

BUT: The wallet disappears once you close the GUI. So that means all XMR which has been transferred to the wallet that was created in a path which was not allowed, are gone.

* If you specify the path manually, then it works yeah, but here's the dangerous part:

When you specify a path manually, it proceeds to create the wallet, the addresses etc. without warning you that it's all temporary (!!!)

BUT: The wallet disappears once you close the GUI. So that means all XMR which has been transferred to the wallet that was created in a path which was not allowed, are gone.

* If you specify the path manually, then it works yeah, but here's the dangerous part:

When you specify a path manually, it proceeds to create the wallet, the addresses etc. without warning you that it's all temporary (!!!)

So... The wallet disappears once you close the GUI. So that means all XMR which has been transferred to the wallet that was created in a path which was not allowed, are gone.

That sounds like a pretty serious bug.

> <@forevernoob:matrix.org> If you specify the path manually, then it works yeah, but here's the dangerous part:... (full message at libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/do…e48533a980044c75759ce90f14f9d97a95c)

* also dangerous. (no sandbox)

True, best would be to not allow the creation of a wallet if the wallet files fail to be created for whatever reason.

ForeverNoob[m]: It seems to me that in this case it is better to open an issue on the github page. (not on the org.getmonero.Monero repo)

Ok, will do.

plowsof: it should definitely complain if you set the name to an existing wallet, it has always done this

Hello everyone!

I have made an exchange of BTC to XMR two hours ago on changenow.io and the transaction is considered successful : xmrchain.net/tx/ef13d9310f0d43d0c97…d7c553f3b1957cf7042c2d1a456187a2b4a Still, I have received nothing in my wallet. Can you help?

contact changenow maybe?

is your wallet fully synced?

it should be syncced at least up to block 2665080

the interface says it is synchronized

I have contacted channow's chat, and they say that everything is correct

So, is that normal that I still have nothing? Does it take many hours to process, and can you help from the transaction details?

Fro now, I feel I have lost the money

still evrything has been done correctly

metawill[m]: can you go to Settings -> Info and post

Version, Wallet Mode and Wallet restore height

all 3

French version sorry!

your restore height is completely off

did you change it yourself?

metawill[m]: can you set a remote node first? monero-project/monero-gui #3912#issuecomment-1119632082

follow the steps in this comment

Ok, I try

what does mean "restore height is completely off" ? the number indidcated is : 9052021

20:19 <sech1> it should be syncced at least up to block 2665080

your restore height is ~ 4x higher than that

I have done nothing, so what do I have to do?

like I said, follow the steps in the linked comments and then i will give more instructions

How do I use advanced mode and set a custom remote node?

On the interface, I can't see anything for that

screenshot?

Click on the door symbol in the top left corner, it's right next to the lock symbol.

if you hover over it it should say close wallet or something like that

Ok, then? is that the bottom button "change wallet mode?"

yes

Ok, so I choose advanced mode?

yes

then open your wallet again

i can't give you instructions in french so it's a bit more complicated

Before, do I do something from here

you open your wallet again

ok

hold on

here I am now

Then you go to Settings -> Node

and select remote node

the one with cloud? (remote daemon)

yes

then you enter one from this list: monero-project/monero-gui #3912#issuecomment-1119632082

it asks me if I want to stop the local node or to leave it in rear

to I stop, or continue exectution?

stop the local?

Looks like their restore height is a date 9/05/2021, instead of the correct height

Just try setting a correct height? (Sorry to interrupt)

what is a correct height?

Do I validate this? (see screen capture)

Height before your first transaction in the wallet

I don't get it

Block height

Current blockchain is 2665080 blocks. That is the current height

I have done what you said, see

I'm disconnected

I'm lost

Close and open?

If you could switch to English, would be easier Lol

Sure! How do I do that?

I donload another version?

The same way you set it to French, I wouldnt know.

To close and open, the x button works :P

Ok, it's in English now :)

So, what do I do now?

I still have 0 XMR

<metawill[m]> "image.png" <- Go to this page

How long ago was the first transaction in this wallet? Aprox

Recent? Early, mid, late last year?

3 hours ago

transaction hash:

I never used it, I only exchanged BTC to XMR but I never bought anything

I just want to charge my wallet

So, what's next?

ofrnxmr[m]: On this page

Change restore height to

2660080

done!

Wallet syncing?

Sorry??

Did your wallet start synchronizing

Yes! I have my XMR charged!

Thank you very much for you time!

I really appreciate!

NP. So everything is good?

So far, so good! :)

I'm not XMR wealthy yet, but it's a start! ;-)

So, I keep the remote mode, from now on?

The remote node you are using is trusted, so you may

Ok, so I don't touch nothing

I keep it running like it is

Yes. No need to touch anything.

Its better privacy to use your own node though.

Are you part of the developer team?

If I go back to local mode, could be a trouble?

No trouble for local mode. Local will use your own node. You were using previously? If so, I suggest going back to local mode

Your issue was the restore height. Your node was 👌

Great, thank you very much again for your time

Best wishes

And btw I am just a community member, for now

Take care

I appreciate even more your help then.

See you again someday maybe. Best regards

ofrnxmr[m]: ty for helping forgot to reply lol

<ofrnxmr[m]> And btw I am just a community member, for now <<>> you can't leave

selsta: np

Is sending 0.0001 XMR via Monero GUI normally a problem?

* a problem? (When connected to an external node)

`WARNING: no two valid DNS TXT records were received` - Could this be the potential culprit?

Ok, now sending 0.001 XMR failed. This is my 5th attempt. Any ideas?

using a ledger wallet right? confirmed everything on it?

does it just say failed in your transactions list?

Well, almost :p

This is the part where I send a test amount to that ledger wallet address.

plowsof: "Send (failed)"

And then after I switch views (go from Account to Transactions for example) the transaction is no longer there.

use this node selsta2.featherwallet.net port: 18081

s/Send/Sent/

> <@forevernoob:matrix.org> "Send (failed)"

> And then after I switch views (go from Account to Transactions for example) the transaction is no longer there.

Correction: Still failed, but the transactions don't disappear. I was just sorting by block height instead of date.

plowsof: I switched to another pub node, if that doesn't work then I'll try your suggested node.

ForeverNoob[m]: i'd recommend to use advanced mode with a dedicated remote node

My 7th attempt is more entertaining:

`Couldn't send the money: transaction <bla> was rejected by daemon with status: <error>. Reason: double spend, invalid input`

Tried all kinds of external nodes (in advanced mode) but yeah.

Never thought a simple "Hey let's add a Ledger to my XMR wallet so that I'm a bit more secure." would turn into a whole day of uh... fun :p

wait

But at least it exposed a potentially devastating bug (the report of which I'm writing atm), so I guess there was at least some benefit to all of this madness 🤷

i mean nothing should have happened

you likely have to resync your wallet and your funds should be there again

did you enter the "failed" txid on xmrchain.net ?

does it show up or not?

also open the wallet you sent it to (your ledger) and it should be there

ForeverNoob[m]: that issue you opened does seem legit

<BigmenPixel[m]> "It seems to me that in this case..." <- monero-project/monero #8429

BigmenPixel[m]: is there a specific bug tracker for flatpak monero related issues?

because this isn't something we can fix

ForeverNoob[m]: did you look into your tmp directory? i assume the wallet should still be there

selsta: Heh, a funny story about that...

(I can't remember exactly what I did, but here's a rough sketch of what happened)

I think when I pointed the "Browse" file manager to my actual wallet keys which were outside of the allowed directory, it complained about some directory in `/var/run/user/1000/` about another wallet file. So I went there and checked out what was happening. I found exactly the wallet file I was trying to open. So I thought it was copied from the directory I pointed the Monero GUI to.

So thinking this was some temporary file, and that my actual wallet key was somewhere else, I just deleted it.

Spectacular mistake!

Apparently it was a hardlink? Anyway, it deleted the original wallet key file 🤡

Luckily I have my seed, so restored from that, but I couldn't remember the block height, so then it turned into the waiting game.

you can also approximate the block height with a date

if you remember your date of wallet creation, or a date before that

e.g. 2020-05-01

selsta: Yeah thing is I didn't really remember :p

also don't remember the year? lol

Anyway, all of my 6 attempts which resulted in a txid do not show up in xmrchain.net

selsta: Heh I'm not an intensive XMR user unfortunately :p

somewhere between 2014 and 2022 at least

yeah I think somewhere between those dates would be a good guess :p

i have flatpak ubuntu too. you can download the monero gui app image from getmonero and avoid these issues

not app image but.. the linux version

<selsta> "because this isn't something..." <- Would it not be possible to just not allow creation of wallet if wallet file creation fails?

well it depends on what exactly is going on here

plowsof: Yeah I guess, but I wanted AppImages with sandboxing and auto updates capabilities :p

monero gui has auto update feature now

so maybe it is something we can fix on monero's side

(it alerts you to a new version in the app)

plowsof: Oh that's new to me, but I'd rather become aware of a new version _before_ launching it :)

what i don't understand, are sandboxed programs allowed to access tmp?

IIRC Flatpak has its own tmp

monero gui does not force but it tells you its available and you choose *

ForeverNoob[m]: but sure, if saving does not work there should be extra error messages / abort

plowsof: Well tbh I'd rather like it if it actually _would_ force me. This way I would minimize the risk of opening the app which potentially might have an (known but) unpatched remote hole in it before I can update.

just admit you are a flatpak maxi

Hey at least I'm not a Snap maxi :p

snap = ubuntu thing?

yeah.. i have snap.. flatpak

selsta: Yeah Snap is similar to Flatpak, but you can't turn auto updates off :)

i only remember reading that snap significantly increases the app startup time in some situations

and that ubuntu forced everyone to use it

Yeah both are somewhat true. Though tbh even Flatpak apps add some overhead. Canonical is just transitioning to Snap as their main package format.

Btw, just made a "temporary" wallet and I don't see anything in `/tmp/`

wait, have to look up the full tmp folder

it's in a subdirectory i think

if you click on "Create new wallet" does anything show up in /tmp/ ?

if you finish creating the wallet is should get deleted again

it's either TMPDIR and if that's not defined it's saved in /tmp

so maybe flatpak defines that env variable?

I didn't observe anything in `/tmp/` during the entire process.

Could be in `~/.local/share/flatpak/`

ForeverNoob[m]: Ah no, those are the apps themselves. Appdata is I think in `~/.var/app/`

Both of course if app is installed for user instead of system.

Nah, can't find anything there either.

Anyway, does the Monero GUI support sending XMR or can it only let XMR wallets disappear? :p

also with snap you have to use their store/repo. flatpak you can use theirs or your own.

selsta: pls unblock my tx im using ur node now 😇

Anyone here has a guide on how not to double spend?

ForeverNoob[m]: did you try restoring your wallet?

How do you mean, using a seed? Yes and both daemon and blocks are synced.

and what does it say in your transaction history?

Basically a bunch of failed transactions saying "Sent (Failed)"

s/daemon/wallet/

right, did you restore your wallet after the first failed tx showed up?

selsta: You mean restore it again from the seed?

yes

I can try. Last time took a while, so should I restore it from the first ever tx of that wallet or can I also do it from the last one?

first one

the restore height has to be lower than your first one

something is bugged in your wallet and restoring from seed is usually helpful

Oh boy, here we go again ⏳️

i haven't seen failed tx in a while

selsta: If I connect to external node, all block info will come from that node or is that process fully p2p?

daemon / nodes does p2p

the wallet only gets infos from the node