[Bug 2020003] [NEW] Thunderbird shows accent marks instead of punctuation

[tomdean]

On 5/17/23 15:59, tomdean wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> I upgraded from 20.04 LTS to 22.04.2 LTS. Since then, thunderbird and
> some other applications show accent marks rather than punctuation marks
> in the title bar.
> 
> For example, wavecable.com is displayed as wavecable^com where ^ is an
> accent mark.
> 
> This has happened since the upgrade.
> 
> If I change language to English_en, I get lots of arabic characters.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
> Package: thunderbird 1:102.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-71.78~20.04.1-generic 5.15.92
> Uname: Linux 5.15.0-71-generic x86_64
> AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC3:  tomdean    2304 F.... pulseaudio
>   /dev/snd/controlC1:  tomdean    2304 F.... pulseaudio
>   /dev/snd/controlC0:  tomdean    2304 F.... pulseaudio
> BuildID: 20230503190012
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> Channel: Unavailable
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Wed May 17 15:54:00 2023
> ForcedLayersAccel: False
> IfupdownConfig:
>   auto enp68s0f0
>   iface enp68s0f0 inet dhcp
> IncompatibleExtensions:
>   English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en-GB at thunderbird.mozilla.org
>   Thunderbird (default) - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-10 (737 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
> IpRoute:
>   default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp68s0f0
>   default dev enp68s0f1 scope link metric 1003 linkdown
>   169.254.0.0/16 dev enp68s0f1 proto kernel scope link src 169.254.9.3 linkdown
>   192.168.1.0/24 dev enp68s0f0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.105
> PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja:greprefs.js:306
> PrefSources:
>   prefs.js
>   user.js
> Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=102.11.0/20230503190012 (In use)
> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
> RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
> SourcePackage: thunderbird
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-16 (1 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 11/23/2021
> dmi.bios.release: 5.15
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
> dmi.bios.version: FC
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
> dmi.board.name: TRX40 AORUS XTREME
> dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> dmi.board.version: Default string
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
> dmi.chassis.version: Default string
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrFC:bd11/23/2021:br5.15:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTRX40AORUSXTREME:pvr-CF:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnTRX40AORUSXTREME:rvrDefaultstring:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuDefaultstring:
> dmi.product.family: Default string
> dmi.product.name: TRX40 AORUS XTREME
> dmi.product.sku: Default string
> dmi.product.version: -CF
> dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> 
> ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
>       Importance: Undecided
>           Status: New
> 
> 
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy
> 

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Rebooting did not change the problem.
Umounting loop*, purging snapd, and rebooting fixed the problem.

Please close this bug report.

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