<p>Try this:</p>

<ol>
<li>Close Bitcoin.</li>
<li>Press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd></li>
<li>Type <code>bitcoin-qt -reindex</code></li>
<li>Press enter.</li>
</ol>

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2013-05-29T08:57:05.343Z
This answer even made me laugh :)
Steven Roose
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2013-05-29T21:36:51.810Z
@StevenRoose Huh? Why?
Nick ODell
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2013-05-30T02:04:52.763Z
Just because how simple it is, but still non-trivial :p
Btw, I changed the question title to be more clear.
Steven Roose
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2013-05-29T07:03:14.027Z
2013-05-29T07:17:03.837Z
2013-05-29T07:17:03.837Z
Nick ODell
<p>I'm using bitcoin-qt(0.8.0) on ubuntu studio (12.04.2), and suffered a power failure while loading. Now I receive the "failed to load block" error message.</p>

<p>This happened to someone else, and the answer he was given which solved his problem was to run it from the command line and use the -reindex flag.
I'm hopeful this might work for me as well, but I don't know how to go about it.</p>

<p>I know how to access "terminal", but I don't really mess with it. I'm at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<wallet><linux><error>
How to use command line flags in Linux?
xrzer04
# How to use command line flags in Linux?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-29)

I'm using bitcoin-qt(0.8.0) on ubuntu studio (12.04.2), and suffered a power failure while loading. Now I receive the "failed to load block" error message.

This happened to someone else, and the answer he was given which solved his problem was to run it from the command line and use the -reindex flag.
I'm hopeful this might work for me as well, but I don't know how to go about it.

I know how to access "terminal", but I don't really mess with it. I'm at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

**Tags:** wallet, linux, error


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-29. Score: 1

Try this:

1. Close Bitcoin.
2. Press `Alt` + `F2`
3. Type `bitcoin-qt -reindex`
4. Press enter.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This answer even made me laugh :)  
> **username_1**: @username_2 Huh? Why?  
> **username_2**: Just because how simple it is, but still non-trivial :p Btw, I changed the question title to be more clear.  

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