Lightning 0.9 doesn't work under Ubuntu 9.10

[markusd112]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

I am using Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 and Lightning 0.9 under ubuntu 9.10 (installed via Synaptic from the official ubuntu packages).

Lightning doesn't work: it is not possible to create new calendars nor to create events.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 6 09:41:55 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mozilla-thunderbird (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-386
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-386 i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3176): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3176): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:3287): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3398): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:3970): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[Massimiliano Forner (ced-assistenza)]

I have experienced this bug too.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Thunderbird profiles can become corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test. If this helps, you might want to try to disable all your extensions and re-enable them one by one until you find the problematic one.

You can start the profile manager with the following command:
thunderbird -ProfileManager

[[e-mail] (ferdinandobellio)]

Apprendo che non sono il solo ad avere avuto la sorpresa che nella versione 09 il calendario non permette di creare o modificare ne di esportare ne importare nulla. Spero si riesca ad aggiustare questo problema al più presto.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Transaltion of last comment:
I understand that I am not alone in having had the surprise that in version 09 the schedule does not allow to create or modify them to export or import anything. I hope you manage to fix this problem soon.

@anyone having the issue

Could someone please try the suggestion in comment #2 so that we can know if it's a profile issue? Please DO NOT delete your old profile so we can figure out what the actual issue is.
Thanks.

[markusd112 (markusd112)]

I have created a new profile and installed lightning again, but the problem persists: I cannot create any calendar or event, so it seems not to be a problem with the profile.

[markusd112 (markusd112)]

In a german ubuntuforum I have found the following hint, that worked for me: I have deinstalled the lightning-plugin and reinstalled it using synaptic from the ubuntu repos.

After that it works now.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

I am still unable to reproduce this bug. there was a bug reported on this a while ago but i cant find it ATM but as i recall they were using upstream version at one time. please try reinstalling it from Ubuntu repos and use a new profile.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed by installing the lightning extension from the Ubuntu repos. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.