Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote on 4/2/21 10:05 pm:
Daniel wrote:
Today I (finally) updated from SM 2.49.1 to SM 2.53.6 on Linux, as
shown in my sig file.
On my Win7 installation (updated from SM 2.49.5), after the update, I
had Lightning starting at SM bootup, but not in Linux which I have
updated, today, from SM 2.49.1 .... yes 2.49.1.
Now I seem to recall that in SM 2.49.1, Lightning wasn't "inbuilt" but
by 2.49.5, it was.
So, when I updated my *Win7* SM from 2.49.5, Lightning worked/works,
but in Linux (now 2.53.6), checking the Add-ons Manager, Lightning is
there but I only have the option to "Remove" because "Lightning is
incompatible with SeaMonkey 2.53.6"
How can I get my Lightning up and running??
(Note: when I say I've updated SM, I mean I have installed Linux SM
2.53.6 in parallel (new location) with SM 2.49.1, but using the same
profile!)
From https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.53.6/
section "Known Issues":
Lightning or one of the distributed extensions is not showing up or is
disabled under Add-ons.
If the extension is disabled and can not be enabled deinstall it. If
it does not show up after restart do the following:
Enter "about:config" in the location bar.
Enter "extensions.installedDistroAddon" in the search field.
Reset the key of the extension not showing up using the popup menu
with the mouse. If in doubt just reset all keys, but this might bring
back previously uninstalled distributed Add-ons.
Restart SeaMonkey.
Thanks for this, Don.
When I entered "extensions.installedDistroAddon" in the search field, I
had four keys listed ....
[email protected];modified;true;boolean
[email protected];modified;true;boolean
extensions.installedDistroAddon.{59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2};modified;true;true
extensions.installedDistroAddon.{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103};modified;true;true
So I reset the third and fourth keys and, when I restarted SeaMonkey, I
had just the first two keys left .... and still no Lightning/Calendar!! ;-(
Should I try resetting the first two (even though they appear to be
totally disconnected with Lightning/Calendar)??
As an aside, I consider sharing a profile between 2.49.x and 2.53.x to
be a horrible idea. 2.53.6 may well change something which 2.49.1 will
no longer understand, 2.49.1 is then liable to decide the file is
corrupt and do something about it.
ymmv
mmdv!!
For years, I've been sharing a profile between my Win7 SM and my Linux
SM (even since Mozilla Suite!!) .... against the advice of those in the
know!! Guess I've just been lucky .... and my luck continues!
Sharing profiles between different versions on different OS's should
compound those risks ... but it has worked .... so far!! ;-P
--
Daniel
User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101
SeaMonkey/2.53.5.1 Build identifier: 20201115194905
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SeaMonkey/2.53.6 Build identifier: 20210118013008
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