cannot migrate ".thunderbird" dir from machine to machine

[Tomislav]

I'm migrating from my old laptop to the new one. Both are Ubuntu 20.04: upgraded from 18.04 on the old laptop, fresh install on the new one.

I copied .thunderbird from my home dir on the old laptop to the new laptop and started Thunderbird.

I had expected it to start up with everything configured the way it was on the old laptop, with the same accounts-

What I get is the default "set up your existing e-mail account" page instead, as if I did not copy the .thunderbird dir from the old laptop to the new one.

I also tried importing the profile which causes no errors, but does nothing, either.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: thunderbird 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-52.58~20.04.1-generic 5.15.60
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-52-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tomislav 1825 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: tomislav 1825 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20220906224751
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Nov 4 10:21:31 2022
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-11-03 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220831)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlo1 proto dhcp metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlo1 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlo1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.5 metric 600
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-0b3d623f-2e8d-47b7-bc4d-031cb0180205
PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja:greprefs.js:306
PrefSources: prefs.js
Prefs: extensions.lastAppVersion: "102.2.2" (prefs.js)
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=102.2.2/20220906224751
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2021
dmi.bios.release: 5.19
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: KCTGL357.0037.2021.0712.0948
dmi.board.name: LAPKC71E
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: M22221-402
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Intel(R) Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: 2.0
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.5
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrKCTGL357.0037.2021.0712.0948:bd07/12/2021:br5.19:efr1.5:svnIntel(R)ClientSystems:pnLAPKC71E:pvrM38559-402:rvnIntelCorporation:rnLAPKC71E:rvrM22221-402:cvnIntel(R)Corporation:ct10:cvr2.0:skuBKC71EBFB6000:
dmi.product.family: KC
dmi.product.name: LAPKC71E
dmi.product.sku: BKC71EBFB6000
dmi.product.version: M38559-402
dmi.sys.vendor: Intel(R) Client Systems

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Is
$ thunderbird --ProfileManager
showing your profile?

[Tomislav (hefest)]

Hi, thanks for the quick response. My profile shows up when starting TB like that, yes.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

And it's correctly loaded and used if you pick it?

[Tomislav (hefest)]

@Sebastian: no, that's what this bug report is about. I've attached screenshots to show what I see. TB sees the default profile, does not (as far as I can tell) complain in the console) but does not load the accounts configured under the selected profile and instead shows a pristine, fresh install welcome screen.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for thunderbird (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Tomislav (hefest)]

Anything else I can provide to aid with diagnostics?