<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Eberhard Roloff wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:gn9lul$ikp$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Mark Pyles wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi everyone: I have been having the absolute worst time with trying to get lightning 0.9 to work with thunderbird 2.0.0.19. I am using Ubuntu 8.04(gnome desktop) on a Dell Inspiron 1525 and don't know what I need to use lightning. Does it require access to some outside calendar? If so, which one? It does not work as a stand alone. I cannot use the calendar and none of the buttons on the toolbar such as Day, Week, MultiWeek, Month, etc work or do anything at all when I click on them. Am I missing something? Is there something else that I need to make lightning work the way it is supposed to? Thank you. Mark </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Mark, Lightning works exceptionally well as a standalone application. Normally you open thunderbird and then you swith between mail (thunderbird), calendar and tasks (lightning). In calendar, your screen should change according whether you click on day/week/month. In order to make an appointment, simply click on the day and time you wish to have it, either by left-doubleclick or by right-click/choose option. I am unclear what of this does NOT work on your desktop? Furthermore, are you using the thunderbird package from the ubuntu repos or the one directly downloaded from mozilla.org? Actually both of them do work in combination with lightning, but there possibly could be differences in how to install the lightning addon. I am using Intrepid 32bit with Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 from the ubuntu repositories and lightning 0.9, installed as an addon from mozilla.org Eberhard </pre> </blockquote> Hi Eberhard: Thanks for the information. I did download it from mozilla.org but for some reason, mine doesn't work with Hardy. Thanks. Mark </body> </html>