corrupted xul file??

[sjs_bebop]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

When I try to open my address book I now get an alert with the message:
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: chrome://messenger/content/addressbook/addressbook.xul
Line Number 1, Column 16: dirTree.focus();
---------------^

I haven't had any problems lately and there's no reason I can think of to expect any corruption in the address book itself. In my configuration, the applications directory is under a vfat directory at /windows/d/application_data/Thunderbird/Profiles/gh4c4dp6.default but I haven't booted into windows for months.

I don't see anything that looks like addressbook under that directory and using locate I don't see addressbook.xul anywhere on my system. For that matter, I don't see anything that looks like an address book for thunderbird anywhere on the system.

According to help->about, this is version 2.0.0.14 of thunderbird under Ubuntu 8.04. To the best of my knowledge.

Hopefully there is some way I can recover my addressbook.

This looks a bit like Bug 93101, but that was reported so long ago I doubt that they're the same.

It's interesting that help->about gives version 2.0.0.14 but apt-cache policy gives 2.0.0.16.

I have restarted thunderbird once but get the same result.

apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidate: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
     2.0.0.12+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

Help please :)

Steve S.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 28 14:24:54 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/User Name/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[sjs_bebop (sjs-sonic)]

sjs_bebop wrote:
> Public bug reported:
...
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Jul 28 14:24:54 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/home/User Name/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/tcsh
> SourcePackage: thunderbird
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>
> ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: apport-bug
>

Hi

After filing this bug, I first restarted Thunderbird and
that didn't help. I then rebooted the computer and that
seems to have cleared up the problem. Help->About now also
correctly reports that this is version 2.0.0.16 of Thunderbird.

Thanks!

Steve S.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

sjs_bebop wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: thunderbird
>
> When I try to open my address book I now get an alert with the message:
> XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
> Location: chrome://messenger/content/addressbook/addressbook.xul
> Line Number 1, Column 16: dirTree.focus();
> ---------------^
>
> I haven't had any problems lately and there's no reason I can think of
> to expect any corruption in the address book itself. In my
> configuration, the applications directory is under a vfat directory at
> /windows/d/application_data/Thunderbird/Profiles/gh4c4dp6.default but I
> haven't booted into windows for months.
>
> I don't see anything that looks like addressbook under that directory
> and using locate I don't see addressbook.xul anywhere on my system. For
> that matter, I don't see anything that looks like an address book for
> thunderbird anywhere on the system.
>
> According to help->about, this is version 2.0.0.14 of thunderbird under
> Ubuntu 8.04. To the best of my knowledge.
>
> Hopefully there is some way I can recover my addressbook.
>
> This looks a bit like Bug 93101, but that was reported so long ago I
> doubt that they're the same.
>
> It's interesting that help->about gives version 2.0.0.14 but apt-cache
> policy gives 2.0.0.16.
>
> I have restarted thunderbird once but get the same result.
>
> apt-cache policy thunderbird
> thunderbird:
> Installed: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> Candidate: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> Version table:
> *** 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
> 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
> 2.0.0.12+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
>
>
> Help please :)
>
> Steve S.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Jul 28 14:24:54 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/home/User Name/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/tcsh
> SourcePackage: thunderbird
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>
> ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: apport-bug
>
>
Thanks for letting us know that it is cleared up. Closing bug now

 status invalid

--
Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

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