[Bug 359396] [NEW] mozilla thunderbird crashes on launch

[John Vivirito]

On 04/10/2009 09:48 PM, stewfish wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird
> 
> I have Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty 64bit loaded and working flawlessly. However If I install Thunderbird through the Synaptics it installs properly but when I launch it my display shows patches of the application then the entire system hangs. If I have press and hold power button on my laptop to power off. Upon restart the OS loads and runs flawlessly again (sometimes it initiates a disk check on boot with no errors found every time) . Try to load the program again and the system hangs again.
> Not sure this matters, but the same happens when trying to load Azerus (now called Vuze as an alternative torrent client).
> I know that Vuze uses Java to run didn't think that Thunderbird did, but both applications have same effect on my system.
> 
> Funny enough Jaunty does not recognize either event as app crash so it
> doesn't prompt to submit a report, not even sure it creates one.
> 
> It seems to be drawing error but why it hangs the system, I don't know.
> And why no other application has this problem also beyond me
> 
> ** Affects: mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
> 
system hangs are not crashes so i wouldnt have expected it to generate a
crash report. Please rename .mozilla-thunderbird to
.mozilla-thunderbird.old and try again. If that fails pleae remove and
purge the package than remove the 2 .mozilla-thunderbird directories and
see if that helps. This is not a thunderbird proboblem but seems more
like a local problem.

  status incomplete

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

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mozilla thunderbird crashes on launch
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