Installing libmessaging-menu0 caused my message indicator icon to populate as soon as I restarted Thunderbird afterwards, on both of my 2 machines.
So this issue could simply be a missing library dependancy after dist upgrade ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043466 Title: [Quantal] [Regression] Message Indicator not working with Thunderbird / Gwibber Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This bug is filed against Thunderbird per Chris Coulson request on bug #1043313 It may also supersede / be related to bug #1043308 It may or may not be related to bug #1040259 It has 2 aspects : 1/ Message indicator shows nothing after update from Precise -> Quantal Alpha 3, plus all latest updates applied (2012/08/29 - 20:06 UTC+2). 1a/ Thunderbird doesn't appear at all in Message Indicator 1b/ Gwibber doesn't appear at all in Message Indicator 2/ Unread messages count in Thunderbird Unity Launcher Icon is wrong : 2a/ At first message reception in Thunderbird, the launcher icon displays the number of unread messages 2b/ It then seems to stay stuck forever : reading messages or receiving further ones doesn't change the count displayed in the icon anymore. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: thunderbird 15.0+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.13-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: michel 3177 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: michel 3177 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120827191301 CRDA: country FR: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Channel: Unavailable CheckboxSubmission: 1ea6109db29b53f721a523a77b7f3abf CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Wed Aug 29 19:58:06 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.66 metric 9 PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/{847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}/defaults/preferences/enigmail.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0/20120827191301 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.97-1ubuntu4 totem-mozilla 3.4.3-0ubuntu2 mozilla-libreoffice 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-28 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: 2.50 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr2.50:bd06/26/2012:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITEL735:pvrPSK0CE-00900LFR:rvnIntelCorp.:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE L735 dmi.product.version: PSK0CE-00900LFR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1043466/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

