thunderbird 3.0

[DarinB]

stupid thunderbird keeps on crashing.
a big problem when i write an important biz email that disappears.
Any body know what is up with this new release.
2.0 was a steady as a rock.
this one is pure crap???

[Tholley]

I haven't updated to 3.0 yet... maybe I'll wait awhile...

sorry... wish I could tell ya something....

[porchrat]

Must admit I don't enjoy 3.0.

That autodetect thing with the incoming and outgoing servers drives me nuts.

[kellemes]

Never had problems with TB3, currently using TB(3.0.2pre) without issues.

[coolbrook]

Have you tried running it from terminal? Perhaps that will shed some light on the problem at the point of impact.

[Silvertones]

I've been using 3.0 since it was a beta release. In windows that is. Never an issue. I've been using it in Ubuntu for a few days with no issue but here's what I did.
1. Install from Ubuntuzilla--don't run it yet
2.

 thunderbird -ProfileManager

Create a profile or however many you need. They will be in .thunderbird as opposed to .mozilla-thunderbird
3. Copy and paste the files that are inside the profile at .mozilla-thunderbird into the profile foler inside .thunderbird
4. open TB and you'll never know it was changed except it looks different.

[DarinB]

thats what i did, it worked great for about a month or two now i am getting slammed. must be one of the updates to some lib. who know now it works like crap

[DarinB]

would love to fix it or go back to 2.0 that thing was solid as a rock!

[kellemes]

As already said..
You can run it from terminal and watch the output.
Possible your profile is broken and you can try working from a fresh one as explained by Silvertones.

TB2 is in the standard repositories of Karmic and Jaunty (your profile says you're on Jaunty).

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

should do it I guess.

[DarinB]

yes it is a great idea, i have to remember to always start it from terminal so when it does crash i can get info. thanks.