Activity log for bug #563893

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-04-15 14:35:16 Christopher bug added bug
2010-04-15 14:35:16 Christopher attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44274514/Dependencies.txt
2010-04-15 16:07:03 Micah Gersten thunderbird (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2010-04-15 16:28:47 Micah Gersten thunderbird (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2010-04-15 16:28:47 Micah Gersten thunderbird (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Triaged
2010-04-15 16:28:47 Micah Gersten thunderbird (Ubuntu): assignee Micah Gersten (micahg)
2010-04-15 16:32:26 Micah Gersten summary Thunderbird will not launch Thunderbird will not launch do to a recursive symlink
2010-04-15 17:04:32 Chris Coulson thunderbird (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2010-04-15 17:04:40 Chris Coulson affects thunderbird (Ubuntu) ubuntu
2010-04-15 17:04:58 Chris Coulson nominated for series Ubuntu Lucid
2010-04-15 17:04:58 Chris Coulson bug task added Ubuntu Lucid
2010-04-15 17:05:22 Chris Coulson affects Ubuntu Lucid thunderbird (Ubuntu Lucid)
2010-04-15 17:11:22 Micah Gersten description Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: thunderbird 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 15 10:31:34 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091225) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: thunderbird WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-04-15 17:27:25 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:thunderbird/3.0
2010-04-15 18:14:50 Launchpad Janitor thunderbird (Ubuntu Lucid): status Triaged Fix Released
2010-04-15 19:32:30 Robert Pollak summary Thunderbird will not launch do to a recursive symlink Thunderbird will not launch due to a recursive symlink
2010-04-16 00:14:13 Micah Gersten description WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NOTE: After upgrade, you must follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/thunderbird/NEWS.Debian.gz if you were affected. The upload prevent this issue from occurring in the future. WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-04-16 00:22:26 Micah Gersten description NOTE: After upgrade, you must follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/thunderbird/NEWS.Debian.gz if you were affected. The upload prevent this issue from occurring in the future. WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NOTE: After upgrade, you must follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/thunderbird/NEWS.Debian.gz if you were affected. The upload prevents this issue from occurring in the future. WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-04-16 02:33:17 Fevzi Kivanc removed subscriber Fevzi Kivanc
2010-04-16 06:36:34 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/thunderbird
2010-04-16 15:54:50 Micah Gersten description NOTE: After upgrade, you must follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/thunderbird/NEWS.Debian.gz if you were affected. The upload prevents this issue from occurring in the future. WORKAROUND: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NOTE: In 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2, a recursive symlink might have been created. If Thunderbird will not start once you upgrade to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu3, then run 'ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*' from a terminal. If you see .thunderbird in your home directory linked to itself, remove the .thunderbird link to itself and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird WORKAROUND for 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-04-22 19:09:51 Micah Gersten description NOTE: In 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2, a recursive symlink might have been created. If Thunderbird will not start once you upgrade to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu3, then run 'ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*' from a terminal. If you see .thunderbird in your home directory linked to itself, remove the .thunderbird link to itself and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird WORKAROUND for 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NOTE: In 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2, a recursive symlink might have been created. If Thunderbird will not start once you upgrade to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu3, then run 'ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*' from a terminal. If you see .thunderbird in your home directory linked to itself, remove the .thunderbird link to itself and move .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird WORKAROUND for 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-04-22 19:10:08 Micah Gersten description NOTE: In 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2, a recursive symlink might have been created. If Thunderbird will not start once you upgrade to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu3, then run 'ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*' from a terminal. If you see .thunderbird in your home directory linked to itself, remove the .thunderbird link to itself and move .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird WORKAROUND for 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and mv .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NOTE: In 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2, a recursive symlink might have been created. If Thunderbird will not start once you upgrade to 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu3, then run 'ls -ld ~/.*thunderbird*' from a terminal. If you see .thunderbird in your home directory linked to itself, remove the .thunderbird link to itself and move .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird WORKAROUND for 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu2: Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home directory and move .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird Then create an empty .thunderbird.upstream directory. Thunderbird should launch after that. Binary package hint: thunderbird After an update involving a GB language pack, Thunderbird will not launch at all. I've tried the terminal, Alt+F2 and directly from usr/bin with no success. The System Monitor doesn't show any instance of Thunderbird running. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
2010-06-03 11:07:50 Nan M removed subscriber Nan M