Thunderbird spams console with errors instead of using ~/.xsession-errors

[Vik]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Running thunderbird& from a console and then trying to use that console is hard because of all the error and warning messages that are emitted to the console while the app is running. These errors are also not logged to ~/.xsession-errors where one would expect to find them. Example of typical error content on my PC (some messages probably belong at least in part to lightning - should I report that separatey?):

Writing MailMessage to file. Subject: free stuff
Done processing 1 items
Warning: There has been an error reading data for calendar: WRMS. However, this error is believed to be minor, so the program will attempt to continue. Error code: DAV_NOT_DAV. Description: The resource at http:[redacted]vik is either not a DAV collection or not available
Warning: There has been an error reading data for calendar: WRMS. However, this error is believed to be minor, so the program will attempt to continue. Error code: READ_FAILED. Description:
Warning: There has been an error reading data for calendar: Telecom. Error code: 0x80004005. Description: failed to retrieve item
Warning: There has been an error reading data for calendar: Telecom. Error code: READ_FAILED. Description:

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 25 16:58:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (xfce4-cpugraph-plugin:2979): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_set_border_width: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3050): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

[Andrew (andrew-rw-robinson)]

This appears to be a lightning issue, not a ubuntu specific one. I am also seeing it on Thunderbird 3 which I built from source.

Some related posts (note that they didn't help me):
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1042685&start=15
http://www.zimbra.com/forums/isync-caldav/29807-zimbra-calendar-tuhnederbird.html
http://old.nabble.com/Problem-with-ACL-between-Calendar-and-iCalSrv-td20015943s3741.html

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Vik,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with Thunderbird.

You made this bug report in 2009 and there have been several versions of Ubuntu and Thunderbird since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
Or, if it is still a problem, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 487983

and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and Thunderbird better.

G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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