[ubuntu-za] Thunderbird behavior

[Robin Bownes]

I've not specifically tested the parameters in order to prove that 16.04 
is at fault. However, I've been using Mint for about 2 months now, on 
two different machines, and have experienced none of the previous 
problems that I'd experienced under 16.04. That statement true for 
Thunderbird and all other hiccups. Given that admittedly limited 
evidence, along with many online 16.04 complaints, my personal 
conclusion is that 16.04 is the problem. Sad, since I'd been a happily 
committed Ubuntu user for over 10 years before now.

I must say that I'm highly impressed with Mint. Even my Canon printer 
installation, which had always been a challenge (surmountable) under 
Ubuntu (for my particular printer), just happened without any drama 
whatsoever.


On 24/05/2017 10:02, Jan wrote:
> Thanks Robin. Do you think that the Thunderbird issue is related to 
> the Ubuntu OS? I had a similar experience of instability with 16.04 
> initially, but after a fresh install it is now (and has been for some 
> time) behaving very well. Its the most stable Ubuntu installation that 
> I have had.
>
>
> On 24/05/2017 09:46, Robin Bownes wrote:
>>
>> This was just one of the problems that I was experiencing with 16.04. 
>> I could find no solution - to this or other problems. I've 
>> subsequently switched to Mint, which although based on 16.04, seems 
>> to have side-stepped the fairly widely experienced instability issues 
>> of 16.04.
>>
>>
>> On 24/05/2017 09:28, Jan wrote:
>>> Good day all,
>>>
>>> Thunderbird Mail is behaving in a strange way on my Ubuntu 16.04 
>>> Unity installation. The problem appears to have started with recent 
>>> updates.
>>>
>>> When Thunderbird opens automatically via Startup Apps, the text 
>>> beside the icons (Send, Spelling, Attach, Security and Save) in the 
>>> composition toolbar does not show. If I restart Thunderbird 
>>> manually, the text re-appears.
>>>
>>> I have re-installed the Thunderbird packages via Synaptic, have 
>>> added packages in Synaptic that I thought could help, deleted the 
>>> localstore folders (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Localstore.rdf) but 
>>> nothing seems to resolve this issue, except a reboot of the app.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions, please?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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