Assertion Failure - Ubuntu Lucid

3 messages singpolyma, Satoshi Nakamoto July 15, 2010 — July 17, 2010

singpolyma July 15, 2010 Source · Permalink

I’m running Ubuntu Lucid (32 bit), all packages up to date. I had run bitcoin 0.2 previously, and just downloaded 0.3. I ran bitcoind and I got:

bitcoin: main.cpp:823: unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex*): Assertion `pindexFirst’ failed. Aborted

So I ran the bitcoin GUI, and it came up and showed my existing coins, but quickly gave me the same error and died. Then I went back and ran the 0.2 GUI again and I get:

bitcoin: main.cpp:743: unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex*): Assertion `pindexFirst’ failed. Aborted

Has my db got corrupted? Do I have a broken dependancy?

I tried to build 0.3 from source but got many errors, probably missing some *-dev packages. Will look at that more later.

Satoshi Nakamoto July 16, 2010 Source · Permalink

That’s the first time I’ve seen this error.

How many blocks do you have? (in the status bar)

You should move your blk*.dat files (in ~/.bitcoin) to another directory and let it start over downloading the block chain again. If you don’t mind, could you keep the old blk*.dat files for a little while in case I need to look at them?

Satoshi Nakamoto July 17, 2010 Source · Permalink

Quote from: singpolyma on July 17, 2010, 10:19:48 PMMy coins disappeared, but I assume they’ll come back when it’s up to current? Right, they’ll re-appear when it’s finished downloading all the blocks.