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algorythm

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/FIN

Registered: 2009-07-17

Posts: 181

[Solved] Thunderbird won't start

I'm so clueless ..

det@Archlinux:~/ > thunderbird
det@Archlinux:~/ >

Last edited by algorythm (2010-05-09 11:37:46)

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cesura

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: [Solved] Thunderbird won't start

You know what they say (well, not really), when in doubt, REINSTALL THAT SUCKER

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chpln

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-09-17

Posts: 361

Re: [Solved] Thunderbird won't start

If the reinstallation doesn't help, here's a few more suggestions.

If I recall, /usr/bin/thunderbird is a shell script wrapper for the thunderbird binary (or a secondary wrapper?).  You might be able to get more info attempting to run /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0/thunderbird or /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0/thunderbird-bin.  Check the exit status of these as they run (echo $?), which might help to find where it is failing.

If that doesn't reveal anything useful, I'd resort to strace.

algorythm

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/FIN

Registered: 2009-07-17

Posts: 181

Re: [Solved] Thunderbird won't start

@itsbrad212, tried that one - moving the configurations from $home too .
@chpln, sadly those binarys never gave me any more information either.

But luckily a reboot did the trick. I guess my temporary folders just had some configurations or lock files preventing the start up. The funny thing just is that not even an error message was never given .

Last edited by algorythm (2010-05-09 11:37:22)

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“Talent you can bloom. Instinct you can polish.”  — Haikyuu!! (adapted)
“If everybody thought alike, no one would be thinking very much.”  — Walter Lippmann (adapted)
“The important thing is to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”  — Charles Dubois