Same problem for me on Linuxmint 18.3 amd64 (ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS). Are there any workarounds?
-- 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/1708713 Title: thunderbird-locale-de_56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3_amd64.deb not working Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: TB and language pack worked until update today. status installed thunderbird:amd64 1:56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3 status installed thunderbird-locale-de:amd64 1:56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3 on Linux 4.10.0-30-generic (x86_64) Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop Environment MATE Thunderbird starts with a blank screen. see picture Thunderbird works as expected after removing thunderbird-locale- de_56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3_amd64. After reinstalling the language-pack, same error exists. Bitte warten... Paket installieren: thunderbird-locale-de_56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3_amd64.deb Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket thunderbird-locale-de wird gewählt. (Lese Datenbank ... 377021 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../thunderbird-locale-de_56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3_amd64.deb ... Entpacken von thunderbird-locale-de (1:56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3) ... thunderbird-locale-de (1:56.0~b1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.3) wird eingerichtet ... >>>> ENDE DES BEFEHLS <<<< To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1708713/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp