On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 15:25 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > Removing and reinstalling a package rarely has any effect on Linux > > (barring dependancy issues), since any personal configuration options > > you changed are stored in your own home directory. > > > > I suggest you create a new user account on your machine and try it from > > there. If it works, you have a config problem in your own account. > > > > poc > > > Thunderbird has been a continual problem for several days. So far, > since re-installing it, it has not missed a beat. Earlier I would try > to delete mail and it would do nothing until I stopped and restarted > Thunderbird, it is not doing that now. Other times Thunderbird would > just stop responding to commands at all and I would have to do xkill and > then remove a lock file to restore operation. So far none of that has > occurred. Remember, this was an upgraded system from F7 to F8. > > You may be right, I'm still waiting for the ax to fall ... Maybe it won't. I should have qualified my earlier remarks by adding "as long as the installation isn't damaged". You can check for damage with "rpm -V <package>". poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
