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Rulinux

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From: Germany

Registered: 2020-08-09

Posts: 5

Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

Since the big Thunderbird upgrade to 115 I have constantly problems with my thunderbird. I cannot use calendar function with caldav anymore because thunderbird freezes by clicking on an added caldav (network) calendar.
Other big distributions like Ubuntu based ones do not provide Thunderbird 115, yet. Is there a way to downgrade to former version 113? Can it be used still?

Thanks for your help!

Ferdinand

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From: Norway

Registered: 2020-01-02

Posts: 338

Re: Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

Just for info.
I use Thunderbird 115:

extra/thunderbird 115.2.3-1 [installed]
    Standalone mail and news reader from mozilla.org

And CalDAV works just fine with my calendar on hover.com
Meaning the problem may be related to something other than Thunderbird 115 and CalDAV?

With respect to downgrading, there's a wiki article: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages

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stptech

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Registered: 2023-09-29

Posts: 2

Re: Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

Just for info => same problem with me, since upgrade thunderbird is only painful, I had to disable all calendars...

I am on Endeavour-Cassini-nova running thunderbird-115.2.3 (64-Bit)

stptech

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Registered: 2023-09-29

Posts: 2

Re: Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

I tried in addition Betterbird and also an AppImage of Thunderbird-115.3.0. All of them show the same instabilities as soon as I activate the calendars.

Ferdinand

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From: Norway

Registered: 2020-01-02

Posts: 338

Re: Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

If you see nothing from the activity manager (double-click the status bar), then it may be worth trying to enable more logging.

Mozilla has some info:

• Thunderbird Logging: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Loggi … rd_Logging

• Diagnosis hints for CalDAV: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:QA_Ca … osis_hints

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Rulinux

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From: Germany

Registered: 2020-08-09

Posts: 5

Re: Thunderbird freezes if using calendars with caldav

I found a solution. If you use Thunderbird (beta) Version 119 it works fine (again!!).

The only problem with this version is not all plugins are working, e. g. cardbook.

Because it is essentially for me in the meantime I am using TB version 115 with cardbook and for e-mails with address book and TB version 119 for my CALDAV calendars.