Thunderbird 3.1.x doesn't start in AppVM

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 4 Nov 2010 19:51 UTC
This is a known bug in Thunderbird 3.1.x which is present when the user's home directory (and specifically the Thunderbird's profile) is referenced using a symlink, which is the case in Qubes (/home is a symlink to /rw/home).

A quick workaround is to manually edit the extensions.ini file, so that it used absolute path(s) without symlinks (/rw/home, rather /home), so e.g. this is fragment of my extensions.ini file after the fix:

[ExtensionDirs]
Extension0=/rw/home/user/thunderbird/extensions/{847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/80

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 12 Mar 2011 18:57 UTC
Thunderbird 3.1.7 works without any workaround.

Fixed:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575605

[marmarek]

Comment by marmarek on 12 Mar 2011 18:57 UTC
Thunderbird 3.1.7 works without any workaround.

Fixed:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575605

[marmarek]

Modified by marmarek on 15 Mar 2011 18:08 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by marmarek on 15 Mar 2011 18:08 UTC