thunderbird input issue (keyboard no worky after x hours)

spotman · 2007-05-18 22:03:47

Hi fellow arch users,

I am loving thunderbird 2.0, but I seem to have a weird issue with it.

After a random amount of time (usually about 1-3 hours), when I go to write a new email.. I can not enter anything into the window.

I can click any of the GUI buttons, do anything else (search for emails, read emails, copy emails, etc), but nothing keyboard-wise works.

If I use any other application like a terminal, firefox, etc, its all fine. So its definitely a thunderbird thing. It also seems to happen on both my desktop and laptop (both arch-current)..

any clues/tips/suggestions obvious places to look for errors?

THANKS!!!!

-spotman.

ataraxia · 2007-05-18 22:37:29

I used to get this too sometimes, though I haven't seen it lately. I even saw it on other distros. Seems to be a long-standing Thunderbird bug.

Take this one to the Mozilla people.

spotman · 2007-05-18 23:12:02

thanks ataraxia, at least I know I am not alone

I visited buzilla.mozilla.org, and you are indeed correct. Namely bug 372202, which is a winxp bug, but they cross reference some other bugs. It seems like its definitely a thunderbird bug, and not even platform specific. I guess I will just stick it out for now. It seems really difficult to find the perfect mail client these days..

c'est la vie

cheers!

kth5 · 2007-05-18 23:20:19

make sure you guys file a feature request once problem got resolved, heh. just kidding but if you feel i'm taking too long, let me know.

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thunderbird input issue (keyboard no worky after x hours)

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