On 11/01/2013 12:25 PM, C2e9b7 wrote: > Hi, > I had the same problem, and still had it with 24.1.0. Then I found this > workaround which solves the problem. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > a. mv ~/.thunderbird in ~/.thunderbird.old > b. update thunderbird (I had to do it as root) > c. run the new version of thunderbird (as user), skipping all the suggestions > to create an email account > d. install lightning (I also installed google calendar provider; you may need > to reinstall more) > e. restart thunderbird > f. copied back everithing from ~/.thunderbird.old/<some random string> > ~/.thunderbird to the new ~/.thunderbird/<some other random string> besides > the following: > _CACHE_CLEAN_ chrome extensions extensions.ini TestPilotExperimentFiles > > Note that I COPIED and not MOVED them back, because in case of problems I > wanted to be able to delete the new ~/.thunderbird directory without losing > anything. Maybe I could have copied back some more file, but everything seems > to work. > So in my opinion, there is some file left from old installs in those > directories, that disturbs the new version of Lightning. Anyway, now > everything works fine for me > Thank you for taking the time to give me this information.
I may resort to doing it that way. I currently don't use the calendar feature a great deal, so I'm hoping within a month or two there will be an update from the repository that will fix it. If it goes too long, I will make good use of the excellent information you took the time to put together and send me. -- Sincerely, Aere -- 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/1244619 Title: Thunderbird must be upgraded to Thunderbird 24.0.1 for lightning 2.6.1 Status in Lightning extension: Confirmed Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Gentoo Linux: Fix Released Status in “thunderbird” package in openSUSE: Confirmed Bug description: Since the upgrade of Lightning 2.6.0 to Lightning 2.6.1, this extension need Thunderbird 24.0.1 but Ubuntu only give Thunderbird 24.0.0 https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2013/10/dont-upgrade-to-thunderbird-24-0-1-yet/ "Update 4: Lightning 2.6.1 is now public. On Linux, it is compatible ONLY with Thunderbird 24.0.1, so go ahead and upgrade now." A lot of people don't use the Ubuntu package for Lightning but those of Mozilla. Ubuntu should give an upgrade to Thunderbird 24.0.1 and Lightning 2.6.1 Step: 1) Silent update of Lightning 2.6.0 to Lightning 2.6.1 on Thunderbird 24.0.0 2) Open your calendar and see nothing (see screencast) A work form it's to downgrade to Lightning 2.6 until waiting Ubuntu upgrade to Thunderbird 24.0.1. You could find it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/lightning/versions/?page=1#version-2.6 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: thunderbird 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20130913160939 Date: Fri Oct 25 12:30:44 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120425-15:28 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightning-extension/+bug/1244619/+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
