I discovered the ImportExportTools add-on which has worked for the little I've tried it for so far (mbox import).
The core import wizard goes nowhere at all for anything except address book import, which I don't want to do so I haven't continued far enough to see if it actually works. -- 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/868042 Title: fail to import in thunderbird Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I clicked Import in thunderbird, a new window popped out but when I clicked Next, nothing happened. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: hoang 1698 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20110929183320 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7c00000 irq 42' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431313,00100004 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 17 Simple ctrls : 9 Channel: release Date: Wed Oct 5 09:20:14 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) IpRoute: default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 171.229.128.174 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 Plugins: Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem) - Lib=libtotem-gmp-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins DivX® Web Player - Lib=libtotem-mully-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 3.0.1) - Lib=libtotem-cone-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6 - Lib=libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Prefs: extensions.lastAppVersion - 7.0.1 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929183320 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 421 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: K42F dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr421:bd11/11/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK42F:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK42F:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: K42F dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/868042/+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
