WaltS48 wrote on 7/2/21 1:29 am:
On 2/5/21 11:18 PM, Daniel wrote:
[email protected] wrote on 6/2/21 6:52 am:
Daniel wrote:
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)??
Did you first uninstall any version of Lightning currently installed
in your profile? It might show up as disabled in the Add-ons
manager, but still needs to be uninstalled so that the new bundled
version can be installed. I think once the bundled version has been
installed by one version of SeaMonkey, it gets automatically updated
in future, but not sure if that happens if you already have a version
installed from before SeaMonkey started bundling it. So uninstall
any existing version of Lightning, then reset the pref (it looks like
{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} is the one for Lightning),
restart SeaMonkey and hopefully it will install automatically.
If that's still not working, the XPI file for the extension is
installed along with SeaMonkey, so you might be able to install it
into your profile from there. From the add-ons manager, click the
cog near the top-right corner, choose "Install Add-on From File" and
select the XPI file. On my Linux system, it's at
/opt/seamonkey/distribution/extensions/e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}.xpi,
so I'd guess on Windows the path would be something like "C:\Program
Files\SeaMonkey\..." or perhaps "C:\Program
Files\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\...".
Lightning is quite closely tied to SeaMonkey, so you need compatible
versions. Aside from the other problems with sharing a single
profile between multiple SeaMonkey versions, you may find that
Lightning only works in one version, since you can only have one
version of Lightning installed in that profile. I think Lightning is
also one of a few OS-specific extensions, so you might also find that
it only works in whichever OS you installed Lightning for even if the
versions are otherwise identical (I'm almost certain that at least
used to be the case - not entirely sure whether it still is).
Thanks for that, Mark.
As I just replied to Don, I downloaded the xpi file from the
Thunderbird Add-ons page and was going to install it later, but given
your suggestion of the cog near the top-right corner, I just gave it a
go .... and failed.
Maybe I'll have to look harder for the SeaMonkey Add-ons page (which I
thought was hosted by Thunderbird) or, maybe, fed the Thunderbird
extension through the SeaMonkey Extensions convert page.
Still sharing profiles?
I think that is your problem and you might want to try a new test
profile on each platform.
Here I am, back on Linux SM 2.53.6, and when I started, just the "Mail &
News" screen initially came up (no Lightning/Calendar or Chatzilla).
Then I selected Tools -> Add-ons Manager and, as well as the Add-ons
Manager screen, I got screens for each Add-on asking me if I wanted it
installed and to then restart SM.
When I had re-selected them all, I re-started Linux SM 2.53.6 and I had
everything, Lightning/Calendar, Chatzilla, etc, etc,.
O.K., So I live (a little) dangerously!! ;-)
--
Daniel
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