CentOS - Sep 2020 - Thunderbird won't start after move to new box

I've tried moving my Thunderbird profile from one C7 box, a standard PC 
to another C7 box, a DELL server. I did this by rsync'ing ~/.thunderbird.

However, on the new box, Thunderbird only starts if I run it 
-safe-mode.? If I don't run it in safe mode I see the window flash up 
and instantly close.? No errors or notifications appear in the terminal 
window.,

Anyone got suggestions on what could be wrong, or how I can diagnose 
it?? Google just seems to bring up hits for problems on Windows boxes.

On 9/10/20 6:08 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Anyone got suggestions on what could be wrong, or how I can diagnose 
> it? Google just seems to bring up hits for problems on Windows boxes.
Can you strace thunderbird and see what happens before it shuts down?

Look for file open. The files could be missing or have wrong permissions.

Mogens

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On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 12:09, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn at
ringways.co.uk>
wrote:
> I've tried moving my Thunderbird profile from one C7 box, a standard PC
> to another C7 box, a DELL server. I did this by rsync'ing
~/.thunderbird.
>
>
what options did you use to rsync the directories over? And does

restorecon -r -v /home

show any differences/changes. rsync does not copy over metadata or general
ACL's without additional options so if there are selinux or other acl items
on the files they are not copied

man rsync

rsync -AXSHPav .thunderbird/ <otherhost>:~/.thunderbird/

may also help.


> However, on the new box, Thunderbird only starts if I run it
> -safe-mode.  If I don't run it in safe mode I see the window flash up
> and instantly close.  No errors or notifications appear in the terminal
> window.,
>
> Anyone got suggestions on what could be wrong, or how I can diagnose
> it?  Google just seems to bring up hits for problems on Windows boxes.
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On 9/10/20 9:08 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Thunderbird only starts if I run it -safe-mode

I'd suggest removing ~/.thunderbird/*.default/extensions/ and 
reinstalling any extensions you need.