[xubuntu-users] Strange, how to delete mails?

[Marc Coevoet]

Op 13/11/2023 om 23:53 schreef Victor Forberger:
> On 11/13/23 16:35, Marc Coevoet wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just installed linux on a I5 mac (2012, now with 16gb memory)..
>>
>> Now I cannot delete mails, there is no delete button, and when 
>> searching internet, they say, the backspace will work as delete, but 
>> not in thunderbird ...
>>
>> To work fast, I need a button to throw mails away ...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marc
> 
> 
> Can you provide details about the OS and the machine and Thunderbird?
> 
> For the OS and the machine, from the terminal try:
> 
> $inxi -b
> 
> For thunderbird, try
> 
> $ thunderbird --version

root at MacBookPro:/home/marc# inxi -b
System:
   Host: MacBookPro Kernel: 6.2.0-36-generic x86_64 bits: 64
     Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Machine:
   Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro9,2 v: 1.0
     serial: C1MLT133DTY3
   Mobo: Apple model: Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 v: MacBookPro9,2
     serial: C0734870ER2F1YLEG UEFI: Apple v: 232.0.0.0.0 date: 04/12/2020
Battery:
   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.7 Wh (95.4%) condition: 52.1/62.9 Wh (82.8%)
CPU:
   Info: dual core Intel Core i5-3210M [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 2908
     min/max: 1200/3100
Graphics:
   Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
   Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
   Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
     unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
     2: 1280x800~60Hz
   OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
     v: 4.2 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
Network:
   Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
   Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl
Drives:
   Local Storage: total: 1.35 TiB used: 389.29 GiB (28.2%)
Info:
   Processes: 291 Uptime: 1h 2m Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 4.8 GiB (30.9%)
   Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13


marc at MacBookPro:~$ thunderbird --version
Thunderbird 115.4.1



Thanks!

> 
> PS- Option backspace usually works for delete on Mac keyboards.
> 

fn backspace  seems to work, but ... obviuosly ... "del" or "single hit" 
is better.

> PPS- if you are using Thunderbird 115, I have noticed chrome problems 
> that a quit and restart will cure for a while. If I get my workload 
> above quicksand, I will file a bug report with the Thunderbird 115 folks.
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