Thunderbird call some unwanted ubuntu-one access from addon EDS Contact Integration

[marcobra (Marco Braida)]

Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installato: 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Candidato: 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Tabella versione:
 *** 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When i run thunderbird it call some unwanted service related to ubuntu-one

Here the popup dialog i get:
"There was a problem opening the address book "Ubuntu One" - the message returned was: Cannot open book: Cannot process, book backend is opening"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: simonetta 2872 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20110929181644
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0700000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15051,10250253,00100000'
   Controls : 17
   Simple ctrls : 13
Channel: release
Date: Sun Oct 9 22:26:28 2011
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.2 metric 2
Prefs:
 extensions.lastAppVersion - 7.0.1
 network.cookie.prefsMigrated - true
 plugin.soname.list - libXt.so:libXext.so
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929181644 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-02 (7 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
dmi.bios.version: V1.3311
dmi.board.name: BA50-MV
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvrV1.3311:bd12/21/2009:svnAcer:pnExtensa5235:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer:rnBA50-MV:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Extensa 5235
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Michael Basse (michael-alpha-unix)]

you mean the "address-book sync"? then i am facing the same issue and cant use thunderbird at the moment because all the time its asking for the "address-book-sync-credentials"

[Michael Basse (michael-alpha-unix)]

first i thought its because of the package "thunderbird-couchdb" but its not installed on my system.

these are the installed programs containing "thunderbird"

michael@eeebuntu:~$ dpkg -l \*thunderbird\* | grep ^ii
ii thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Email, RSS and newsgroup client with integrated spam filter
ii thunderbird-globalmenu 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Unity appmenu integration for Thunderbird
ii thunderbird-gnome-support 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Email, RSS and newsgroup client - GNOME support
ii thunderbird-locale-de 1:7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 German language pack for Thunderbird

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Michael Basse (michael-alpha-unix)]

this was fixing the issue for me

start thunderbird from the terminal with "thunderbird -safe-mode" after that, close thunderbird. Then you can start thunderbird in normalmode again without this ubuntu-one-bug

[Michael Basse (michael-alpha-unix)]

to fast.. after checking for new mails the address-book-sync is there again and cant be closed

[Michael Basse (michael-alpha-unix)]

the addon "EDS Contact Integration" which is installed by default!? is breaking thunderbird. When clicking on a mail, a window is poping up (see screenshot already attached) and asking for credentials. The window is stealing the focus, so its not possible to work anymore with thunderbird (if you dont have credentials)

I removed the addon "EDS Contact Integration". After that everything is working fine.

See also the comment from the addon-developer

"This add-on is experimental, and currently *only works* with special builds of Thunderbird".

[Mike Conley (mconley)]

Hey Marco, Michael,

This sounds a lot like https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird-eds-extension/+bug/863150, which got fixed in 0.3.7a. That should (hopefully!) be released shortly. This will let you cancel out of those authentication prompts, and it won't bother you again for the rest of your session

In the meantime, yes, disabling the add-on via safe-mode is a good workaround.

Thanks,

-Mike