I’ve seen a suggestion to learn the log …
That may be a good suggestion.
Usually it would not be wanted. This system ought to clarify to the consumer when it’s unable to do one thing. Nonetheless you probably have been deleting, renaming or transferring it is knowledge recordsdata, you might be undermining it is foundations in a approach that this system designers will not have anticipated – in these circumstances, a logfile is an efficient place to look to attempt to perceive what the issue is.
For any program, not simply bitcoin core, you may verify for program choices to extend the quantity of knowledge logged – for instance there is perhaps a debug choice – usually a -d or -debug command-line flag.
… however truthfully I am unsure what I am searching for.
You might be searching for something that appears like a significant error reasonably than routine exercise. Largely indicated by phrases like “error”, “failed”, “unable”, “denied” and so forth.
You might be additionally searching for messages relating the the motion you took simply earlier than the undesirable behaviour occurred. In your instance, you clicked “Open pockets” so you might be searching for messages that comprise the phrase “pockets” or “file” or “open”. In Bitcoin core you understand the pockets is saved in a file named “pockets.dat” so that could be a good factor to search for.
Almost definitely these messages are close to the top of the log file, in order that is perhaps an excellent place to start out wanting.
If you happen to discover strains within the log file that look fascinating, additionally take a look at close by strains to get a way of what this system is attempting to do and what is perhaps occurring. If you happen to put up an extract of the log to a Q&A web site like this, embody possibly ten or so strains both aspect of those that caught your consideration. Do not embody an excessive amount of as no-one needs to learn a whole bunch of strains. Do not put up too little.
