When I open Thunderbird without the sudo command, the following is displayed when downloading mail. My user account has full administration rights. There is more than 160 GB of disk space available. My keyrings are unlocked right after booting up.
'Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox.' -- 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/1056156 Title: Thunderbird only opens from terminal with sudo Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This seems to be a variant of bug 1005677. This is the output of messages when running Thunderbird from the terminal: enigmail.js: Registered components caught error TypeError: Cc['@mozilla.org/mime/pgp-mime-decrypt;1'] is undefinedmimeDecrypt.jsm: MimeDecryptor registration done (thunderbird:5111): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_error_trap_pop: assertion `gdk_error_traps != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_error_trap_pop: assertion `gdk_error_traps != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_error_trap_pop: assertion `gdk_error_traps != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (thunderbird:5111): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_error_trap_pop: assertion `gdk_error_traps != NULL' failed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: thunderbird 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: chris 2909 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: chris 2909 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: chris 2909 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120911223502 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Channel: Unavailable Date: Tue Sep 25 08:20:55 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.14 metric 1 MostRecentCrashID: bp-50579802-7b67-4e94-905e-064652120917 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120911223502 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-17 (39 days ago) WifiSyslog: Sep 25 07:50:58 chris-IdeaPad-Z565 kernel: [ 5411.214759] delay: estimated 0, actual 384 Sep 25 07:50:58 chris-IdeaPad-Z565 kernel: [ 5411.222765] delay: estimated 384, actual 768 dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 36CN19WW(V2.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Guam dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr36CN19WW(V2.05):bd09/07/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4311:pvrIdeaPadZ565:rvnLENOVO:rnGuam:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: 4311 dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z565 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1056156/+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

