CentOS - Jul 2006 - Thunderbird Upgraded from 1.0.8 to 1.5.0.4 and MOZ_NO_REMOTE dead

Since Centos 4.3 comes with Thunderbird 1.0.8,  I downloaded the tar of
1.5.0.4 fro mozilla and tried to figure out what to do with it.

per http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/releases/1.5.0.4.html#install

I was just suppose to copy the files....

In the end I put it in /usr/lib/thunderbird

I am NOT a Linux guy so could not figure out how to properly replace
/usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.8 and /usr/bin/thunderbird...

So I setup the following script, acct1mail:

set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird -profile ~/data/acct1/Mail &
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0

and acct2mail

set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird -profile ~/data/acct2/Mail &
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0

In 1.0.8, running these two scripts (mozilla-thunderbird -profile
...)and have two copies of Thunderbird running.

with 1.5.4 the second script gets:

Warning: unrecognized command line flag -profile

And focus returns to the running copy for acct1.

Advice?

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Since Centos 4.3 comes with Thunderbird 1.0.8,  I downloaded the tar of
> 1.5.0.4 fro mozilla and tried to figure out what to do with it.
<snip>
> Warning: unrecognized command line flag -profile
> 
> And focus returns to the running copy for acct1.
> 
> Advice?
On a package-based system, use packages, not source.

http://dev.centos.org/centos/4.4beta/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.2-0.1.EL4.centos4.i386.rpm


Regards,

Sean

Well, I had driven home to me how much more I need to get organized....

A desktop notebook needs a little more, it seems, than a nice stable 
server.  I have to learn about using the

CentOS-Plus repository and some 'beta' rpm stuff...


I did the install:  rpm -Uhv thunderbird-1.5.0.2-0.1.EL4.centos4.i386.rpm

I downloaded the rpm as a user, but ran the rpm SUed.  Three problems:

Does not fix my MOZ_NO_REMOTE problem.
No ICON associated in the window (running gnome).
When I do an extensions check update, I get a whole bunch of language 
extenstions listed that cannot be checked as:

Update not supported (install location is read only).

Oh and this compose window and the extensions window also lack their icons.

Is there a beta 4.4 list where I should point this out?

Sean O Sullivan wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Since Centos 4.3 comes with Thunderbird 1.0.8,  I downloaded the tar of
>> 1.5.0.4 fro mozilla and tried to figure out what to do with it.
>
> <snip>
>
>> Warning: unrecognized command line flag -profile
>>
>> And focus returns to the running copy for acct1.
>>
>> Advice?
>
> On a package-based system, use packages, not source.
>
>
http://dev.centos.org/centos/4.4beta/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.2-0.1.EL4.centos4.i386.rpm
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>

Sean O Sullivan wrote:
> Sean O Sullivan wrote:
>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> Since Centos 4.3 comes with Thunderbird 1.0.8,  I downloaded
the
>>>> tar of
>>>> 1.5.0.4 fro mozilla and tried to figure out what to do with it.
>>>> <snip>
>>>> So I setup the following script, acct1mail:
>>>>
>>>> set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
>>>> /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird -profile ~/data/acct1/Mail
&
>>>> set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0
>>>>
>>>> and acct2mail
>>>>
>>>> set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
>>>> /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird -profile ~/data/acct2/Mail
&
>>>> set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0
>>>>
>>> On a package-based system, use packages, not source.
>>>
>>>
http://dev.centos.org/centos/4.4beta/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.2-0.1.EL4.centos4.i386.rpm
>>>
>>>
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I did the install:  rpm -Uhv 
>> thunderbird-1.5.0.2-0.1.EL4.centos4.i386.rpm
>>
>> I downloaded the rpm as a user, but ran the rpm SUed.  Three problems:
>>
>> Does not fix my MOZ_NO_REMOTE problem.
> You might try :
> MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
> export MOZ_NO_REMOTE
YES!  that seems to work.
> also, after quick google, are you meant to specify profile location, 
> or profile name?
> Instead of
> -profile ~/data/acct1/Mail
>
> try,
> -P "Profile Name"
I believe either works.  I have always used the former.  And it worked 
fine in XP with TB 1.5.
> No ICON associated in the window (running gnome).
> OK, you may have to logout & log back in again for GNOME to pickup on 
> icons -- there may be a command to get GNOME to detect new 
> icons/reread pixmaps dire - unsure.
No dice.  I had even did a shutdown, so I could boot up my XP drive to 
grab a couple of files from that.

No pretty ICONs.

And I noticed that the Gnome Applications -> Internet -> Thunderbird 
does not have an icon.  It pointed to mozilla-thunderbird that is gone 
in 1.5
>> When I do an extensions check update, I get a whole bunch of language 
>> extenstions listed that cannot be checked as:
>>
>> Update not supported (install location is read only).
> This is normal - to update language extensions (which is not stored in 
> local user profile), you must run as root/su'd.
I hope I can ignore the language extensions...
>>
>> Oh and this compose window and the extensions window also lack their 
>> icons.
> As above - try logging in & out.
See above.
>>
>> Is there a beta 4.4 list where I should point this out?
> centos-devel list I assume,
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
>
> Also, try not top-posting, makes it harder/more effort to reply.
Still getting TB to work the way Eudora did.  None of the quoting 
options are as good as Eudora's was, and I am still stumbling along...