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Ethereum QT5 Wallet
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Geth Path/ database Incorrect #53

Closed DanNenninger closed 7 years ago

DanNenninger commented 7 years ago

I am in need of some assistance in resetting the correct geth path for my Etherwall wallet. I was trying to change the file path of my wallet and now the wallet cannot connect to geth. I opened the contents of the Etherwall application and then clicked on "MacOS" and then am left with "geth" and "etherwall". I have opened the "geth" and tried to copy and paste various pathways that it shows, but I must be typing the path incorrectly. If someone could please help me I would be greatly appreciative. Thankyou !

almindor commented 7 years ago

So on macOS X the default path should be /Applications/Etherwall.app/Contents/MacOS/geth

It works for me on an installed version.

Good point about the defaults tho, created issue #54 for restore defaults button.

I'll close this issue now, please re-open if the path didn't work for you.

DanNenninger commented 7 years ago

In Etherwall settings for "geth" I am in need of the "geth data directory" as well as the "geth path". The app is saved to my desktop. If I open up geth, shouldn't the geth data directory and the geth path be listed there?

almindor commented 7 years ago

Geth data directory defaults to /Users/<username>/Library/Ethereum You have to replace with your actual user name you login with on your mac.

DanNenninger commented 7 years ago

It is still unable to establish IPC connection to geth. Wouldn't the exact geth path and data directory be listed in geth if I open Etherwall's file contents?

almindor commented 7 years ago

so the datadir is where geth "stores" it's ipc "file" for connecting by default. If you reset both the geth file path and datadir to defaults it should work.