thunderbird fails to load, no errors in terminal to help [SOLVED]

andrewjames · 2010-03-01 16:51:28

when I tried to start thunderbird, autostart or in terminal it has not loaded.

in the terminal I type 'thunderbird' no error is printed, only return to next command line

any other help? i checked all the logs in /var/log/ any other logs?

I tried reinstall vers 2 and 3, disposed the conf files, $HOME/.thunderbird and $HOME/.mozilla to no load.

any other files, mozilla or whatever that may conflict?

thunderbird worked yesterday, I never installed new programs since then and the failure.

firefox, songbird work

I will try a recompile. Until then, this message may notify others...

the mail program is a prime part to my work, thus this problem is high priority for me.

system is x86_64, xfce4.

Last edited by andrewjames (2010-03-01 17:16:10)

andrewjames · 2010-03-01 17:10:39

I got the thunderbird from http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ installed at /opt/thunderbird/

it was listed as for i686.

./thunderbird has not loaded but ./thunderbird-bin printed the error

./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

libmozjs.so is in the same fold as ./thunderbird-bin

the 32bit libraries are in the 64bit system...but the .so may cause a problem as it is 32bit

or perhaps the error is a result of my incorrect attempt to use ./thunderbird-bin directly (./thunderbird-bin is loaded from ./thunderbird). however; the archlinux thunderbird-bin at /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0/ or /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0/) prints no errors

whatever the problem...it continues, I think that I need some expert help, or even more small direction

wonder · 2010-03-01 17:14:41

andrewjames is your system up to date?

andrewjames · 2010-03-01 17:15:32

I found the problem. the problem was my fault. I like to link ~$HOME/.thunderbird to another fold for administration. The link was misdirected.

I was wrong when I stated that I disposed ~$HOME/.thunderbird

edit: but thank you for quick response wonder.

Last edited by andrewjames (2010-03-01 17:16:38)

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#1 2010-03-01 16:51:28

thunderbird fails to load, no errors in terminal to help [SOLVED]

#2 2010-03-01 17:10:39

Re: thunderbird fails to load, no errors in terminal to help [SOLVED]

#3 2010-03-01 17:14:41

Re: thunderbird fails to load, no errors in terminal to help [SOLVED]

#4 2010-03-01 17:15:32

Re: thunderbird fails to load, no errors in terminal to help [SOLVED]

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