Thunderbird - Missing Calendar

[sdavmor]

On 04/06/2010 11:10 AM, NoOp wrote:
> sdavmor wrote:
>> On 04/06/2010 10:30 AM, NoOp wrote:
>>> sdavmor wrote:
>>>> On 04/06/2010 08:06 AM, NoOp wrote:
>>>>> On 04/06/2010 06:11 AM, Fred Roller wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Lighning 1.0 beta1 from here
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> does work with tb3, according to various comments around the web[1].
>>>>>> What I would like to know is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         1. Will Lightning 1.0 be added to the Ubuntu repositories by 29 April?
>>>>>>                 In particular, for _64 architecture?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightning-sunbird/+bug/532232
>>>>> [Please update lightning extension to version 1.0 for use with
>>>>> Thunderbird 3]
>>>>
>>>> There is a link at the bottom of the lightning extension page for the
>>>> 64 bit plugin.  However when it is installed it tells me that:
>>>>
>>>> Lightning 1.0b1 could not be installed because it is not compatible
>>>> with Firefox 3.6.3.
>>> ...
>>> You're not trying to install in Firefox are you?
>>>
>>> Works for me on both 64bit and 32bit SeaMonkey:
>>> Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9)
>>> Gecko/20100319 NOT Firefox/3 Lightning/1.0b1 SeaMonkey/2.0.4
>>>
>>> Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9)
>>> Gecko/20100319 Lightning/1.0b1 SeaMonkey/2.0.4
>>>
>>> And on Thunderbird 3.0.4 - 32bit:
>>>
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317
>>> Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4
>>>
>>> [Note: TB installed directly from Mozilla].
>>>
>>> I'll install Thunderbird (Ubuntu version) on the 64bit (lucid)&   check.
>>
>> I understand the message coming back from Thunderbird doesn't make
>> sense but that's what it said.
>>
>> I'm running Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9)
>> Gecko/20100404 Thunderbird/3.0.4 on up-to-date Lucid 64bit.
>>
>> 1) Open up "Add-ons" in Thunderbird
>> 2) Clicked "Install" button
>> 3) Selected just downloaded file lightning-1.0b1-tb+sm-linux.xpi
>> 4) Received error message listed above
>
> Attempting to install from the addon panel (search/install) I get:
>
> "Lightning" could not be installed because it is not compatible with
> your Thunderbird build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the
> author of this item about the problem.
>
> That is because it is trying to install the 32bit version. 64bit version
> is here:
>
> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b1rc1/contrib/linux-x86_64/
>
> And works (for me) with the lucid TB3 version:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100404
> Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4
>
> Enjoy :-) Of course the standard warnings apply... that is a release
> candidate, so expect that data loss, pox on houses, etc may apply :-)
> Also, you might run into conflicts when Ubuntu release their plugin, so
> be aware.
>
> Note: couldn't find the link for 64bit that you were refering to, even
> checked:
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/download.html
> Instead I just went to the Calendar dev group on mozilla.org
> (mozilla.dev.apps.calendar) and found the 3/15 announcement for rc1.

OK!  That did the trick.  Calendar up and running again.  Right on, 
NoOp! [applause]
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