Bug #11497

Cannot start Icedove in 2.4~rc1

Added by sajolida 2016-05-27 14:29:58 . Updated 2016-05-27 14:34:46 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Target version:
Tails_2.4
Start date:
2016-05-27
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% Done:

0%

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Type of work:
Test
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Affected tool:
Email Client
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Description

I upgraded my 2.3 to 2.4~rc1 but starting icedove from a terminal returns:

amnesia@amnesia:~$ icedove 
sed: can't read /home/amnesia/.icedove/profile.default/preferences/0000tails.js: No such file or directory

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#1 Updated by sajolida 2016-05-27 14:34:46

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

I fixed that by copying /etc/skel/.icedove/profile.default/preferences/0000tails.js in my home. This was probably due to the fact that my ~/.icedove was created before Icedove was officially added to Tails and never included /etc/skel/.icedove/profile.default/preferences/0000tails.js.

Now, since makes Icedove crash silently, a better design would be to check for this file and copy it if it’s not here already. I hope nobody else faces that :)